Keeping Tabs on Tabby as Fido Tracks Cheetah Calling Cards

Do we know how to sniff out stories about GPS fleet tracking or what? This time, the “fleet” consists of domestic cats in the United Kingdom and a border collie on its way to track big cats in Africa. Well, it’s not exactly tracking the cheetahs themselves; but what they, er, left behind. But more [...]

Animal Instincts are Tracked by GPS

Wondering where the antelope still play? Or if any elk are still out in the tules? We didn’t think so.
But wildlife officials who care about such things are using GPS fleet tracking (OK, maybe GPS herd tracking), to follow the migration habits of pronghorn antelope worldwide and tule elk in California.
About 100 pronghorns are being [...]

More Animal Instincts Monitored by GPS Tracking

We humans keep finding more reasons to keep track of animals. Lately, GPS fleet tracking technology has been put to use to help us co-exist better with moose, kangaroos and crocodiles. While GPS tracking does a great job of monitoring vehicles on the road, it also is useful for preventing us from hitting animals on [...]

GPS Tracking Helps Koalas Down Under, Kids up Yonder

Animals ranging from vultures to elephants to bald eagles are being monitored by GPS fleet tracking these days. But we recently learned of two more. koalas and snow bunnies.
The cuddly-looking koala are facing threats from the effects of climate change, according to Australia’s New South Wales Nature Conservation Council. Rising greenhouse gases could lower the nutrients [...]

From Putin to Pumas, GPS Tracking Assists Big Cats

Because they can threaten humans when they feel threatened themselves, tigers and mountain lions need all the friends they can get.
One of their best friends these days is Russian President Vladimir Putin. He not only has his own website that tracks a rare Amur tigress in Siberia, but he also knows how to fit a [...]