To discourage predator attacks at night, flashing predator deterrent light systems are mounted on livestock enclosures. This idea is intended to fool predators into thinking there is someone walking around with a torch during the night, and it is too dangerous to target livestock. It is said to be 99% successful, with only 1% of recorded cases of predators, especially lions, crossing the lights. <\/p>\n
A livestock pen\/enclosure is surrounded by flashing white light – LED bulbs. The number of bulbs used in an animal enclosure is determined by the size of the enclosure and usually ranges between 8 and 12 bulbs per livestock enclosure. Micro solar panels mounted just above each bulb or a central solar panel supply power to lights (Depending on the model of the light and supplier). The device includes a light sensor that switches on the flashing light bulbs automatically when it gets dark. the system is as simple as switching on and off on intervals a light torch as a warning that you are on the watch. <\/p>\n
In Kenya, three organizations, Lights for Life, Coexist Tech, and The Wildlife Foundation, are using this system to reduce human-wildlife conflict in high-risk areas near wildlife protected areas. In terms of installation costs, one predator deterrent light bulb usually costs around $20, while a set of lights plus installation costs around $300. <\/p>\n
The device is most efficient for carnivore deterrence at night and aids in the protection of enclosed livestock raids by carnivores at night and when it rains (which tend to occur often during the rains).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":321,"featured_media":4032,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4035","simpinitiatives","type-simpinitiatives","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","type-deterrents-and-repellents","type-preventing-access","type-visual-deterrents-and-repellents","species-carnivores","species-cheetah","species-hyena","species-leopard-en","species-lion-en","species-wild-dog","countries-africa","countries-kenya-en","issues-livestock"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/encosh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/simpinitiatives\/4035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/encosh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/simpinitiatives"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/encosh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/simpinitiatives"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/encosh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/321"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/encosh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4035"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/encosh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/simpinitiatives\/4035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4041,"href":"https:\/\/encosh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/simpinitiatives\/4035\/revisions\/4041"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/encosh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/encosh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}