5 Ways Technology is Affecting Animals in the Modern World

Innovation is the production of a new method, idea, or product. Reviews on Collected.Reviews have shown that technology today cannot be compared to yesterday.

It’s no doubt that humans are not the only ones benefiting from this innovation and advancement in technology. It has in one way or the other affected animals, these new methods provide animal scientists with more recent ways to track and study various species, heal injured animals, and understand, protect and preserve these animals.

Going by the reviews of tech companies, we can say technology is no longer a means of surviving; now it has carefully found a way to position itself into our everyday lives. While there are positive effects of technology on animals, there are some negative as well.

Here, we will be taking you through a list of 5 ways technology is affecting animals in the modern world.

1. Protecting Wildlife:

SMART (Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool) software was created to protect animals like dolphins, elephants, leopards, and rhinos. This device is used to monitor the animal populations and also allows conservationists to gather and give out data on animals, prohibited activities, and protection groups.  With this device, animal conservationists can catch poachers and traffickers carrying out illegal wildlife activity that can endanger these animals.

2. Enhances the Study of Animal Genetics:

High use of technology allows scientists to study large regions of the genome and gives a piece of more detailed information about the animal they are working on.  Unlike before, with technology, it has become easier to give genetic variation between the populations of different animals.

3. Conservation Drone:

 The conservation drone is created with cameras, sensors, and GPS to map out deforestation and count animals. These drones can also be used for wildlife surveying, mapping land, and marine ecosystems, ensuring that human activities in certain protected areas are reduced, tracking long-term changes, and providing video and data results.

4. Preserving DNA of Endangered Species:

 There are about 8.7 million species of animals and every 24 hours, 150-200 species go extinct. Due to habitat loss, poaching, and invasive species endangered species are placed at high risk. However, with the development in technology, DNA banks can gather data, preserve genetic materials that have been extracted from endangered species as well as the habitat they lived in. These banks help in the conservation of rare species and enlarge the population size of endangered species by creating new individuals.

5. Artificial Intelligence:

Artificial Intelligence (AI)  allows scientists to track illegal wildlife trade, outsmart poachers, illegal loggers, and other wildlife activities.  The predictive analysis software method was used to gather much information about wildlife including their location, why they were hunted, and access to medicine. With these, researchers focus more on species that ought to be saved and offer better solutions.

The effects listed above are some of the positive effects of technology while there are negative effects like how it affects their sight and hearing. Regardless, technology is the only way forward to protect these animals and see to their needs.