The "whip" length of a drone with 1200 sheep per person.

Original title: grassland herdsmen use drones to herd sheep

Some people in foreign countries use drones to herd sheep (network pictures)

Herding sheep by plane is undoubtedly an unthinkable thing for Saiyin Bayar, a herdsman who is used to holding sheep whips. However, this has really come true.

Not long ago in the morning, Saiyin Bayar, a herdsman of Baolige Gacha in Abaga Banner, Inner Mongolia, gently pressed the remote control with his thumb, and the drone immediately flew directly to the depths of the prairie. In the past, it was time for him to go to the pasture to feed the sheep himself.

"now you don't have to hire a shepherd. You can save 45000 yuan a year. Coupled with the fuel consumption of motorcycles, you can save more than 50, 000 yuan." We can see that Saiyin Bayar is very satisfied and happy.

A few minutes later, on the display screen of the aerial camera on the drone, his sheep were looking for food leisurely in the pasture, and even the ear tag of each sheep could be seen clearly.

There are more than 1200 sheep in Saiyin Bayar's family, and he is the only laborer. By chance at the end of last year, he saw someone using aerial photos of drones to count the number of livestock in the animal husbandry year, which inspired him: "can I use an aerial camera to feed sheep?" He checked the Internet, consulted professionals, and spent more than 10,000 yuan on the small UAV in February this year.

According to him, "the drone has a controllable radius of 10 kilometers, is more than enough to monitor its own sheep, can fly for more than three hours after being fully charged, and can fly back on its own after power consumption, which is very easy to use." Even the old mother can operate it even when he is not at home. Next, he thought that if a loudspeaker was installed on the drone, he would be able to drive the sheep from the mountain every morning, herd the sheep on the prairie, and drive the sheep back to the enclosure at night. (reporter Zhang Wusi)