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Not only can GPS tracking devices help with personal tracking, theft prevention, and asset recovery, they are also being used to protect the lives of endangered animals and keep the peace.

Recently, in Kenya, angry villagers were calling for the death of an elephant who had eaten their crops. In a remote mountain village where crops are a farmer’s only livelihood, one can understand why villagers were upset. They did not do the deed themselves, but asked authorities to track down the elephants and help to help protect crops.

A conservation research group, who has tagged 20 of the endangered elephants in the area, stepped in and asked authorities to hold off on shooting the elephant. He may not know it, but the elephant can thank a cell phone tracking system for saving his live. The elephant’s collar is equipped with a GPS cell phone that send a text message with his location each hour. The conservation group will try to head him off at the pass if they see he is on his way toward danger.

To calm down villagers, the conservation team turned to the location data they’d collected to show that this particular elephant did not have a history of straying and this was an isolated case and the hunt was called off.

If a GPS tracking device can keep up with an elephant, just think what it can do for you. GPS devices can be used for child tracking, truck tracking, vehicle tracking and in many other ways. You can receive up to the minute alerts via e-mail, cell phone or through web-based monitoring. You can also be instantly notified when the subject is within a certain proximity to a predetermined location.

If you have something or someone you want to keep track of, contact Rocky Mountain Tracking to get talk to a knowledgeable representative about keeping track of what is important to you.