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By Chris O’Toole

With weapons technologies at their apex, it’s surprising that less and less is heard about Endangered Species. Humans have evolved from the bow and arrow to the Barett M107 Sniper Rifle that can easily pick the fur off of a target from over a mile away. Yes. A mile.

So, what changed? Did hunting lose its blood luster? Did humanity’s conscience shift? Not particularly. Actually, hunting continues to be a rapidly growing and profiting industry. It’s popularity expands exponentially and the increase in hunting would likely yield to more illegal hunting. After all, one bullet can fetch a rare rug in an economy where almost everyone is pinching pennies.

This free ride to riches and humanistic barbarity is severed by one thing: GPS. The Wildlife Foundations wised up and they aren’t leaving the lives of animals that are teetering on the brink of extinction in the hands of maniacal sportsmen who are searching for the next big thrill in life, no matter at what cost the thrill comes. Even if a hunter is positioned behind the trigger of an M107 and they do happen to shoot an Ibex in the hindquarter, they are not nearly far enough away to escape the wrath of criminal charges.

See, its common practice for conservationists to tranquilize the members of an endangered species and tag them with a GPS locator. When the animal wakes up, it is miraculously granted “the Force”. Anyone that tries to perturb this specimen through any means will meet an array of Jeeps and helicopters in the matter of seconds that it takes for the Conservationist Base Camps to notice that one of their animals has immediately and unexpectedly deceased and/or stopped moving entirely.

GPS tracking systems keep sacred nature alive when humans outmaneuver the laws of basic society. It can be argued that many animals must be hunted for food, but today’s hunters don’t even think about laying siege to the delicate and unique creatures of nature that were never meant to be rugs or meals. A GPS locator is nature’s bodyguard.