By Joan Reid | Volunteer Macropod co-ordinator
One of the great advantages of having a rehabilitation facility is being able to give the animals a change to become independent and dehumanised before their release. To do this we need to be as hands off and invisible to the animals as possible but we do need to continue to monitor their progress and keep an eye on their behaviour and any injuries that they might be recovering from.
Recently we have installed solar powered motion infrared cameras to capture images of the animals during the day and at night when they are moving around their enclosure without any human presence.
That benefits of monitoring the animals remotely include:
By being able to doing all of this remotely via the cameras, the animals are able to have an environment that has minimal human interference allowing them to develop and hone their natural behaviours, instincts and feeding habits.
We are also able to capture the wonderful work the many volunteers do in the facility to keep it running.
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