Drones in Russia began to catch poachers

October 29, 2021 in the national park "Leopard Land," located in the south of Primorye, reported the use of unmanned aerial vehicles to combat poachers. Thanks to Zala drones developed by the Kalashnikov concern, it was possible to catch six groups of fishermen who were engaged in illegal fish mining on protected rivers during putina.

Attackers trying to prey on red fish were found from a height of more than a kilometer and did not suspect this, TASS reports citing the press service of the national park.

Drones in Russia began to catch poachers

The organization noted that drones fly very high and silently, so poachers do not see them. Long-range optics with a 60x magnification allows you to track attackers at a long distance. Each drone is equipped with a thermal imager, so observations are carried out even at night in conditions of poor visibility. The drone can instantly transmit to the post streaming video, which operators receive over a secure communication channel.

Every year in the middle of autumn, sima and keta enter the rivers of the Khasansky district, where the national park is located, for spawning from the ocean. The abundance of red fish attracts poachers to the rivers, and state inspectors of the Leopard Land conduct round-the-clock raids to protect rivers.

According to Yevgeny Stoma, deputy director of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Leopard Land" for protection, the use of drones allows us to quickly receive the coordinates of violators and quickly overtake them, preventing illegal fishing of red fish in a timely manner. Illegal fishing for spawning fish is criminalized.

Drones have become a new tool in the fight against poachers. By October 2021, Rosrybolovstvo adopted 12 drones, which began to be used in Sakhalin, Kamchatka, the Kuril Islands, Lake Baikal and Astrakhan.^[1]

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