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How Technology Helps Save Endangered Animals

- May 14, 2025
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Gowtham
- 12:13 PM
So here’s something that really stuck with me. Just last month, a wildlife biologist
working in Maharashtra—someone who’d been tracking this one panther for
years—reached out to our team in the middle of the night. It was 2 a.m., and the
panther’s radio collar had suddenly stopped moving. You can imagine the panic. In that
one call, she asked three things right off the bat: “Where was it last seen? Is there any
road traffic nearby? And... could poachers be around?”
Now, if this were the old days, she’d have had to dig through spreadsheets and files
once the sun came up. But this time, the system was already working. A Zoho Flow alert
had gone off automatically on her phone. It showed the panther’s last location on a live
map—plus a graph of its heartbeat. That gave the ranger team just enough time to rush
out before sunrise. They found the panther. It was hurt, but still alive.
That night really answered a question we get all the time: “Is technology actually useful
in conservation, or is it just flashy software?” But when a single notification gives an
endangered animal six extra hours to survive, I think that question kind of answers
itself.
Problem Deep Dive – Conservation by Clipboard Can’t Keep Up
Elite Tech Corporation’s Take – Tracks → Triggers → Action

- Walk the Ground First –Shadow rangers, community scouts, drone pilots Document every step from field note to donor report.
- Surface the Signals – Pipe GPS collars, camera‑trap photos, acoustic sensors, and satellite feeds into Zoho Analytics Delete nothing; duplicate nothing.
- Automate the Nudge – In Zoho Flow a low‑battery collar, a gunshot signature, or a temperature spike instantly become an SMS, radio ping, or CRM task to the right human.
- Close the Feedback Loop – Patrol outcomes roll into Zoho CRM dashboarddonors actually read, freeig scientists to analyse trends instead of wrangling CSVs.
Real Example – Pangolins and a Four‑Hour Head Start

- Collar ping ➝ stored locally ➝ analyst downloads at night.
- Zero‑movement events discovered hours late.
- Rescue rate: 35 %.
- Collars stream via LoRa to a solar gateway.
- Zoho Analytics flags any 15‑minute freeze.
- Zoho Flow alerts rangers and the district wildlife office simultaneously.
- Three poaching attempts intercepted with an average four‑hour head start.
- Rescue rate climbed to 68 %.
- Donor renewals jumped 22 %—seeing real‑time impact on a live map is persuasive.
Drones Don’t Sleep, and That’s a Game-Changer
