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In November 2020, a R44 helicopter joined Karingani’s
air and security force. Of the 95.3 hours flown from
November 2020 to March 2021:
73 Hours dedicated to security

3.4 Hours dedicated to
conservation

10.4 Hours to external conservation
efforts and initiatives

8 Hours dedicated to critical
crisis management after
flooding events and Karingani helicopter deploying K9 unit
infrastructure management

0.5 Hours dedicated to medical
(medical evacuation of child
with snake bite)

Percentage of flights per section:

35% North

16% Central

49% South

Conservation monitoring

AVERAGE DEPLOYMENT TIME

For K9 Unit via Vehicle For K9 Unit via Helicopter

296% Increase in response
efficiency based on
deployment time.

1.39 Hrs 0.47 Hrs

(29 records with a range of (26 records with a range of
0.08-3.65 hours) 0.33-0.75 hours)

The addition of the R44 helicopter to the K9 deployment and response team has had a marked increase in the
efficiency of the security operations on Karingani. With an almost 300% increase in deployment efficiency K9
teams are able to be deployed on to incursion tracks faster, thus the age of the track on follow-up is significantly
fresher. This is the primary contributing factor to the 27% increase in contact rate on hot pursuit, which overall
contributes significantly to the decrease in incursions as the risk to would-be poachers increases significantly.

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