US EditionDrones Blasting AC/DC and Scarlett Johannson Are Helping Biologists Protect Cattle From Wolves
Drones equipped with loudspeakers play music and voices to deter wolves, helping reduce livestock losses amid rising wolf populations near the California-Oregon border.
- Biologists near the California-Oregon border use drones blasting music, movie clips, and human voices to protect cattle from wolves in 2025.
- This experiment follows a history of near-extinction hunting of gray wolves in the early 20th century and their reintroduction in the mid-1990s.
- Drones equipped with loudspeakers have successfully interrupted wolf attacks by scaring wolves away, with patrols extending south to Sierra Valley in August.
- In 2022, gray wolves were responsible for the deaths of approximately 800 farm animals in 10 different states, while drones equipped with night vision and loudspeakers—priced at about $20,000—need skilled operators and may not be practical for all ranch environments.
- Ranchers report reduced livestock deaths from drone patrols, but some doubt drones are a long-term solution as wolves might adapt or costs remain high.
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You won’t believe what ‘novel’ thing chases wolves away from livestock out West
Researchers have found a new way to keep marauding gray wolves from mauling herds of cattle out West -- by blasting tunes by Aussie rockers AC/DC from drones to scare the hungry predators.
For thousands of years, people have been trying to drive wolves away from livestock, and now a team of biologists working near the California-Oregon border is using drones to broadcast snippets of AC/DC's "Thunderstruck" and human voices.
Drones blasting AC/DC, Scarlett Johannson help biologists protect cattle from wolves
For millennia, humans have tried to scare wolves away from their livestock. Most of them didn’t have drones. But a team of biologists working near the California-Oregon border do, and they're using them to blast AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck,” movie clips and…
Cattle ranchers talk to wolves by blasting AC/DC's 'Thunderstruck' or dialogue from movies: 'I am not putting up with this anymore!'
For millennia humans have tried to scare wolves away from their livestock. Most of them didn’t have drones. But a team of biologists working near the California-Oregon border do, and they’re using them to blast AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck,” movie clips and live human voices at the apex predators to shoo them away from cattle in an ongoing experiment. “I am not putting up with this anymore!” actor Scarlett Johansson yells in one clip, from the 2019 fi…
For millennia, humans have tried to chase the wolves away from their cattle. Most of them had no drones. But a team of biologists who work near the California-Oregon border do, and are using them to blow up AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck”, film clips and live human voices to top predators to drive them away from the cattle in an ongoing experiment. “I can’t take this anymore!” screams actress Scarlett Johansson in a clip from the 2019 film “Story of a M…
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