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I'm a little surprised zoo animals aren't chipped with some kind of beacon locator for incidents such as these.

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• ErroneousBosh 6mo ago
  What sort of size do you think that would be?
  • chrisweekly 6mo ago
    size of chip? they're tiny. dog owners typically have the vet "chip" their pet as a puppy. full-grown dog doesn't need a bigger chip.
    • jannes 6mo ago
      Those chips cannot track a dog's location
    • codebje 6mo ago
      Those chips need to be scanned from about 3cm away. If you want a locator tag, it needs to carry enough power to broadcast a signal a useful distance. Still, a microchip is handy if you're not sure if it's your tiger you found.
  • Luc 6mo ago
    Small and low energy enough that tiny migratory birds can wear them for months. Externally worn of course (e.g. attached to the ear, for a wolf). You could adjust the firmware of a wildlife tag to start transmitting location every 10 minutes when the animal leaves a geo-fence.
    • ErroneousBosh 6mo ago
      Bird ones are easy because birds are high in the air, so there's nothing to block the signal. They are also not implanted in the birds, but are a relatively large "backpack" or leg tag.
  • christoff12 6mo ago
    No idea. Surely some enterprising engineer could come up with a viable solution that could be sold to zoos all over, though.
  • tgsovlerkhgsel 6mo ago
    Somewhat smaller than a regular airtag.