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2024 REPORT
AIMS OF THE PROGRAMME:
TO COLLECT PHOTOS AND MEASUREMENTS OF WALRUSES IN WILDLIFE PARKS.
TO DEVELOP AN ALGORITHM TO ESTIMATE THE WEIGHT AND MEASUREMENTS OF WALRUSES
BASED ON PHOTOS.
TO ASSESS THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF WILD WALRUSES.
RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE PROJECT:
IN 2024, THE DATA OBTAINED FROM WALRUSES AT PAIRI DAIZA AND FIVE OTHER WILDLIFE
PARKS IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES WAS USED TO VALIDATE A METHOD FOR
ASSESSING THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF WALRUSES FROM AERIAL IMAGES. THIS METHOD,
WHICH IS NOW SCIENTIFICALLY RECOGNISED, HAS BEEN PUBLISHED AND IS USED IN
MONITORING THE PACIFIC WALRUS POPULATION.
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