Monitoring feral cats

Animals identified by the DOC AI Cam

A thermal camera is one of the best and easiest ways to monitor feral cats. The camera sees more than a regular camera and the machine vision takes out all of the labour. This is useful for both monitoring how many cats you have, and for detecting the last cats. The email alert functionality allows to respond quickly when a cat is detected.

Here's an example of a thermal video of a cat lurking outside a predator proof fence. The cat was automatically identified by the thermal camera.

Here's another example of a cat making it's way around the end of the fence at Mamaku Point.