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Wild Boar Monitoring

Copernicus provides a wide range of products and services for wildlife monitoring applications. The species tagged with our tracking devices range from birds to lynxes and bovidae.

Application
Use Case

Wild boar Tracking

Wild boars turn out to be comparably easy to catch, but particularly difficult to tag using common tracking collars.

That's why we've developed a tracking device which is both practical with regards to deployment and less of a burden for the tagged animal.

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Solution

Due to the neck shape, tracking collars are not the preferred choice of tracking devices for wild boars. Instead, ear tags have proven themselves as a valuable alternative. Advantages of ear tags are

  • Reduced risk of losing the device
  • Less interference with the tagged individual's movement
  • Tracking of juveniles is possible

Learn more about the ear tag tracker as well as our other tracking devices.

GPS Ear Tag for Wildlife Monitoring and Extensive Farming

The device enables monitoring of movement patterns such as migration and space use across a wide range of species, as well as grazing behavior in livestock. It is also suitable for studying dispersal in juveniles

Features
Suitable for use on juvenile animals.
  • Enables tracking of wild boar, deer, cattle, horses, sheep, and similarly sized species
  • Applied to the ear like standard livestock ear tags
  • Full-season monitoring and tracking enabled by long battery life
  • High-accuracy GPS receiver (2.5m CEP)
  • Suitable for juveniles due to straightforward ear tag application
  • Device stores location data during connectivity gaps
  • Rugged, waterproof housing (IP67)
  • Remote data transmission via LoRaWAN
  • Integrated with Wonderland, our versatile monitoring platform
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The device is applied to the ear just like any other ear tag used in livestock management

Our LoRaWAN GPS ear tag is now available. Please feel free to contact us for further information. You may also be interested in the product leaflet.

Collar for Tracking of Bovidae

Medium-weight battery-powered tracking device for long-term tracking of dairy cows, sheep, deer and more

Features
The collars have an extended battery life thanks to added primary battery capacity, compared to the ear tags
  • Enables tracking of bovidae, particularly adults
  • Full-season monitoring supported by long battery life
  • Behavioral analytics using a low-power accelerometer and gyroscope
  • Stores location data during connectivity gaps
  • Rugged, waterproof housing
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The device is fitted around the animal’s neck

The collar is available in various sizes to suit different species. Please feel free to contact us for further information. You may also be interested in the product leaflet.

Wonderland Tracking Platform

Using our tracking platform Wonderland you have all the information and control over your tracking devices at your fingertips. Wonderland not only supports our own range of tracking devices, but is also compatible with many other hardware manufacturers.

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