The National Tiger Conservation Authority of India (NTCA) uses artificial intelligence (AI) software to keep tigers safe. In addition to keeping a count on the tiger population.

What is a camera trap?

A camera trap is a camera with a motion detector. The motion detector turns the camera on when something changes in its immediate environment, like when an animal moves into the area.

Key Facts!

• In India over 3,000 tigers live in nearly 50 tiger reserves.
• These reserves cover a total area of nearly 70,000 square kilometres.
• Making sure that India’s tigers are safe is a huge job.
  • Even just making a rough guess about how many tigers there are is a hard task.
• The Tiger Conservation Authority makes use of camera traps to take pictures in different areas of the reserves.
  • The camera traps to keep an eye on nearly 26,000 different areas.
  • On average these camera traps take 3.4 lac pictures.
• The Tiger Conservation Authority uses artificial intelligence (AI) software to scan through all these pictures.
• Artificial Intelligence is now used to assist rangers in patrolling huge areas in the most efficient way.
• This is done by looking at data about the number of tigers, how they move, and the terrain of the area around them.
• Artificial intelligence also helps rangers find crimes against wildlife.

As per officials, it is necessary to expand and make greater use of drones, video traps, real-time tracking of poachers, and metal detectors in order to protect endangered species.

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