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Thomas Snitch is a hero to our cause!

"On a May night last year, Snitch gathered his surveillance team in a wild corner of South Africa. They waited until well after sunset before stealthily beginning their mission. Using a catapult powered by a bungee cord, the experts launched a small airplane over the deep and dark landscape, thick with acacia trees sporting 5-centimeter (2-inch) thorns."

With the application of specially designed software and techniques he and his team has developed, he has been working diligently to reduce the poaching problem in South Africa.  His team has markedly impacted the views within many villages and towns in South Africa. Stephen Ornes, a writer for Science News, has recently published an article on Thomas Snitch and his work with drones in South Africa. Below are some quoted paragraphs from the article.
"Their robotic aircraft — or drone — is about as long as a bicycle and sports a 2.4-meter (8-foot) wingspan. In recent years, scientists have begun putting drones in the air to do many kinds of groundbreaking research. Drones carry no pilot, passengers or crew. They are often small and light. Some fly like an airplane, others like a helicopter or a blimp. Drones may fly autonomously (along a preprogrammed path) or under the control of a pilot on the ground."
To read the full article on Snitch and how his efforts and amazing dedication to his own cause mirrors that of NSEFU click here or the quoted texts.
Quoted text from Stephen Ornes' article titled "Drones Put Spying Eyes In The Sky" published 11/6/14 on https://student.societyforscience.org/

more of Thomas' Work with drones

Supercomputer-Powered Drones Shut Down Rhino Poaching in This Park—Can They Save Africa’s Elephants Too? Taylor Hill - takepart.com

Poachers kill three elephants an hour. Here's how to stop them Thomas Snitch - The Telegraph


Satellites, mathematics and drones take down poachers in Africa Thomas Snitch - TheConversation.com

Air Shepherd targets poachers - Unmanned systems guided by ‘big data’ - Jim Moore - AOPA.org

How to stop the world’s poachers with drones Thomas Snitch - Virgin.com