User talk:Keith2324/sandbox

Article Evaluation-Primary Source: It has a few citation needed notifications, and a lot of edit source notifications as well. Seems to have a biased viewpoint by saying phrases such as "this is a common problem". It's a wiki project.

Article Evaluation-Literature: There are edit source notifications at basically every section, only has 2 citations in notes. In the definition section it doesn't have a definition of literature but the writers viewpoint of how the definition is always changing and never satisfactory. Most of what is said doesn't have any citation to back it up, some of the smaller paragraphs don't have any citation.

Tracking collar

I plan on adding to this stub information on who made the tracking collar and what was the idea process of it.I also plan to add what was the fist zoo to use tracking collars as well as when the first one was made for pets. I alson want to talk about all of of the different types of tracking collars there are and how they are used and what there affect is on the animals.

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Evaluation of new telemetry technologies for research on island foxes The effects of GPS collars on African elephant (Loxodonta africana) behavior at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Keith2324 (talk • contribs) 13:16, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

SMART Collars

A collar used on animals to study their behaviors indepth. The collars were invented in 2014 by Christopher Wilmers and eco-physiologist Terrie Williams. The collars are able to give the GPS location of the animal wearing it as well as the speed and direction the animal moves the whole time it is wearing the collar. The collar also gives information on what types of movements the animal has made such as jumping, or just standing still. A company by the name of PetPace made a SMART collar for dogs which owners and vets can use to know when the dog is sick and how its body is reacting to it's treatment.

Effects on Animals

It was believed that GPS collars used on animals affected their behavior. This theory was tested on elephants that lived in a zoo in the United States. They studied how the elephants behaved with and without the collars for the same amount of time for both scenarios and saw no change in behavior. A study was done with mantled howler monkeys to see if GPS Ball and Chain collars had any affect on the monkeys behavior. The study involved observing a group of collared and uncollared female howler monkeys. There was no major difference in the collared and uncollared behavior but when the study was over it was discovered that the monkey's had been injured. The collars had done damage to the necks of the monkey's one had small scratches and some swelling while four other monkeys had deep cuts from the collar. Two of the monkey's with the laserations had their tissue healing over the collar. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Keith2324 (talk • contribs) 05:32, 24 April 2017 (UTC)