- 03 Mar 2014 03:54
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December is the mating season for Tibetan antelopes. From May the next year, female antelopes start the migrating journey to avoid the natural enemy and find an enabling environment to give birth. After delivery, they return to their habitat.
In June, 2013, the Forestry Department of Tibet Autonomous Region for the first time launched a study and used a high-tech collar to track the location of Tibetan antelopes and learn their migration map. They installed the collar on 13 antelopes and grasped some first-hand information regarding their migration back to their habitat. Before this, they depended on local residents and daily experience for information.
This study aims to count the population of Tibetan antelopes, study their migration map, habit and living environment and ultimately better preserve this animal.
It is relatively easy to install the collar in summer as it is the reproduction season and Tibetan antelopes appear in groups. But in winter it is much more difficult. Anesthetic rifle does not work as the range is too short and the bullet would be deviated by the strong wind on the grassland.
Later, they asked wild animal rangers who can horse-harness to do it. Rangers would ride a motorcycle and drive the antelopes to the iced lakeside and put the rope around their necks. Collars would be installed in a short moment.
In June, 2013, the Forestry Department of Tibet Autonomous Region for the first time launched a study and used a high-tech collar to track the location of Tibetan antelopes and learn their migration map. They installed the collar on 13 antelopes and grasped some first-hand information regarding their migration back to their habitat. Before this, they depended on local residents and daily experience for information.
This study aims to count the population of Tibetan antelopes, study their migration map, habit and living environment and ultimately better preserve this animal.
It is relatively easy to install the collar in summer as it is the reproduction season and Tibetan antelopes appear in groups. But in winter it is much more difficult. Anesthetic rifle does not work as the range is too short and the bullet would be deviated by the strong wind on the grassland.
Later, they asked wild animal rangers who can horse-harness to do it. Rangers would ride a motorcycle and drive the antelopes to the iced lakeside and put the rope around their necks. Collars would be installed in a short moment.
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