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Article by Dr. Cooke on some “troubling” issues in animal tracking covered by media (Jan 2017).

Dr. Cooke’s recent article is covered in the Anthropocene magazine and the local Ottawa Sun

Writing in the journal Conservation Biology, researchers led by biologist Steven Cooke of Carleton University describe fast-escalating, little-appreciated dangers posed by the cameras, recorders, and tracking devices that now permeate much of the natural world. “A number of troubling and unanticipated issues have emerged,” write Cooke and colleagues. Even as researchers and conservationists gather data to help animals, other people might use it to harm them.

When the state of nature becomes a surveillance state