How ‘AI sentries’ are bringing new hope to Kerala’s human-wildlife conflict zones

Marking a major leap in human-wildlife conflict management, an AI-driven digital sentry system deployed across six high-risk forest zones in Kerala has achieved a near-100% success rate in repelling wild animals.

First piloted at Mankala coming under Paruthippally range of Thiruvananthapuram, the ‘Farmguard’ units were later expanded to five critical forest fringes in Kollam, Thrissur and Palakkad during the last couple of months. Early reports from field officials indicate an unprecedented success rate in deterring wild animal intrusions, prompting Forest authorities to consider rolling out the technology to more hotspots.

Footage shows AI-driven Farmguard system detecting elephants and repelling the herd back to the forest in Kulathupuzha
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