Paul Allen goes digital to save world’s most-endangered animals

FILE PHOTO - A male African elephant mock-charges in the Okavango Delta in Botswana on March 25, 2005. REUTERS/Thomas White/File Photo

If he has his way, Paul Allen will have 90,000 square miles of African territory covered with smart sensors and drones by the end of this year to bring hyper-connectivity to Africa’s remotest, most wildlife-packed corners. 

It’s the biggest conservation tech project to date: a command-and-control system for rangers to record and respond to poaching threats, from Kenya to Tanzania.