#SmellyElephantRepellent
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📌🐘 Just released: #SmellyElephantRepellent: Assessing the Efficacy of a Novel Olfactory Approach to Mitigating Elephant Crop Raiding in Uganda and Kenya – a study by @WildAidAfrica and @ste_kenya bit.ly/elephantrepellentstudyPDF
Trials conducted in 🇺🇬 Uganda and 🇰🇪 Kenya by @WildAidAfrica and @ste_kenya showed the #SmellyElephantRepellent made from locally sourced ingredients, significantly ⬇️reduced elephant crop-raiding. Download the research paper bit.ly/elephantrepellentstudyPDF
Organic, #SmellyElephantRepellent proves effective at deterring 🌾 crop raiding in Africa, shows trials by @WildAidAfrica and @ste_kenya https://bit.ly/39YGx0G
A #SmellyElephantRepellent made from locally sourced 🥣 ingredients offers a potential new method to mitigate the growing problem of crop-raiding by 🐘 elephants across 🌍 Africa, shows study by @WildAidAfrica and @ste_kenya bit.ly/elephantrepellentstudyPDF
Conflict between humans and elephants is ⬆️increasing across Asia and Africa, and as a result mitigating elephant crop-raiding has become a major focus of conservation efforts. Read the new study on #SmellyElephantRepellent by @WildAidAfrica and @ste_kenya bit.ly/elephantrepellentstudyPDF
Many existing methods for tackling 🐘 elephant 🌾 crop-raiding are 💰 expensive and difficult to execute. Read the @WildAidAfrica and @ste_kenya study on organic, #SmellyElephantRepellent bit.ly/elephantrepellentstudyPDF
The #SmellyElephantRepellent has been 82% effective at deterring crop raids across 30 farms in 🇺🇬 Uganda. Read the study by @WildAidAfrica and @ste_kenya bit.ly/elephantrepellentstudyPDF
Trials conducted by @WildAidAfrica and @ste_kenya across 40 farms in Uganda and Kenya show the #SmellyElephantRepellent, a foul-smelling liquid made from locally sourced ingredients, significantly ⬇️reduces elephant crop-raiding. Read more bit.ly/elephantrepellentstudyPDF
Trials conducted in 🇰🇪 Kenya at peak crop-raiding seasons between 2019 and 2021 showed the #SmellyElephantRepellent was 63% effective. Find out more in the @WildAidAfrica and @ste_kenya study bit.ly/elephantrepellentstudyPDF
The #SmellyElephantRepellent trials in Kenya and Uganda were so effective that almost all of the farmers involved in the @WildAidAfrica and @ste_kenya study said they would use the repellent again. Read more bit.ly/elephantrepellentstudyPDF
#SmellyElephantRepellent has the potential to help farmers across Kenya and Uganda by significantly ⬇️reducing elephant crop-raiding. Find out more in the @WildAidAfrica and @ste_kenya study bit.ly/elephantrepellentstudyPDF
#SmellyElephantRepellent is a mixture of common farm ingredients that are widely grown or available in East Africa. Read the study by @WildAidAfrica and @ste_kenya bit.ly/elephantrepellentstudyPDF
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African and Asian 🐘 elephants are prone to conflict as they often range outside the boundaries of protected areas into places inhabited by people. Read the @WildAidAfrica and @ste_kenya study on how #SmellyElephantRepellent is deterring crop raiding bit.ly/elephantrepellentstudyPDF
Farming communities can incur substantial 💵 costs as foraging elephants damage cultivated food crops. @WildAidAfrica and @ste_kenya #SmellyElephantRepellent trials in Kenya and Uganda has proved effective in deterring crop raiding bit.ly/elephantrepellentstudyPDF
Crop raiding often leads to retaliatory killing of elephants, and can significantly undermine support for conservation efforts. Read the @WildAidAfrica and @ste_kenya study on how the #SmellyElephantRepellent has been helping farmers in Kenya and Uganda bit.ly/elephantrepellentstudyPDF
#SmellyElephantRepellent could be a helpful crop raiding mitigation tool for farmers as @WildAidAfrica and @ste_kenya's study shows it to be effective, cheap, quick to produce from local ingredients, and communities have a positive attitude towards using it bit.ly/elephantrepellentstudyPDF
In Uganda, the fence method had a significantly higher impact in deterring elephants from the study farms than the spay method, despite both methods preventing a high number of crop raiding incidents. Read more in the study by @WildAidAfrica and @ste_kenya bit.ly/elephantrepellentstudyPDF
The effectiveness of using an olfactory-based crop raiding deterrent, such as the #SmellyElephantRepellent, may lie in the elephant’s trunk. Find out more in the @WildAidAfrica and @ste_kenya study bit.ly/elephantrepellentstudyPDF
🌶 Chilli is one of the main ingredients of the #SmellyElephantRepellent and its effectiveness at deterring elephants due to its active compound that causes irritation to elephants’ eyes and noses has been well documented. @WildAidAfrica @ste_kenya bit.ly/elephantrepellentstudyPDF
The #SmellyElephantRepellent emits an extremely unpleasant smell, to which elephants may be averse, regardless of the chilli factor, shows the @WildAidAfrica and @ste_kenya study bit.ly/elephantrepellentstudyPDF
Anecdotal evidence collected from farmers during the @WildAidAfrica and @ste_kenya trial suggests that elephants were seen spitting out crops sprayed with #SmellyElephantRepellent that they had attempted to eat bit.ly/elephantrepellentstudyPDF
In Kenya, the repellent demonstrated a significant deterrent effect on the test site when compared to the control sites without deterrents. Read more in the study by @WildAidAfrica and @ste_kenya bit.ly/elephantrepellentstudyPDF
The smell of ripening food crops may be masked by the unpleasant smell of the #SmellyElephantRepellent resulting in fewer elephants approaching farms protected by this method, shows the @WildAidAfrica and @ste_kenya study bit.ly/elephantrepellentstudyPDF
The 💰 cost of the #SmellyElephantRepellent is significantly 📉 lower than other deterrents such as electric fencing, trenches, or beehive fences. @WildAidAfrica @ste_kenyabit.ly/elephantrepellentstudyPDF
For future coexistence of humans and elephants, we must look beyond short-term approaches and seek to ⬇️reduce symptoms of human–wildlife conflict, such as loss of wildlife corridors and political ecology @WildAidAfrica @ste_kenya #SmellyElephantRepellent bit.ly/elephantrepellentstudyPDF