It does hurt, but doesn't harm. The ear-piercing analogy is good - not pain free, but no harm done. The research community has been using satelite tracking of individuals now for a long time - they've got pretty good at it and have recovered enough devices to be confident it's not harming the tagged individuals. It's a lot better than the radio-collars traditionally used on land based tracking of wolves and similar species, which can be much more irritating to their skin and daily life.
@@lmlmd2714 I guess that it’s done for good reason and knowledge is a powerful thing in saving our wonderful wild species. I did wonder about if it affected them long term and the ear piercing analogy actually does ease my human conscience.
Nope that definitely hurt the animal!
It does hurt, but doesn't harm. The ear-piercing analogy is good - not pain free, but no harm done. The research community has been using satelite tracking of individuals now for a long time - they've got pretty good at it and have recovered enough devices to be confident it's not harming the tagged individuals. It's a lot better than the radio-collars traditionally used on land based tracking of wolves and similar species, which can be much more irritating to their skin and daily life.
@@lmlmd2714 I guess that it’s done for good reason and knowledge is a powerful thing in saving our wonderful wild species. I did wonder about if it affected them long term and the ear piercing analogy actually does ease my human conscience.