Artificial intelligence (AI) is helping to save endangered Asian wild horses, which one may be familiar with from prehistoric cave paintings, on the Hortobágy National Park. Students and researchers from Debrecen University are observing the behaviour of Przewalski horse herds with drones, whose high-resolution footage is processed by Microsoft Azure and analysed by AI, which distinguishes the horses from other animals, like the cattle also present in the area. Artificial Intelligence is tackling a formerly months-long workload within just a few minutes, and from a distance so without disturbing the animals.
Hungary is home to several endangered species like the Great Bustard (Otis tarda), which many of us are familiar with, as it is displayed within the logo of the Hungarian Ornithological and Nature Conservation Association. What is not that well known is that Hungary hosts the world’s largest wild horse population within semi-wild conditions. About 300 protected Przewalski h