Identification of individuals of a species is a difficult problem in captivity as well as in wild habitats. Animal marking technology has now become fairly sophisticated. However, it requires handling of animals from very close distances which is therefore, often not satisfactory.
Telemetry has proved to be a very successful tool in this connection. Collars provided with transmitters are fitted to animal which transmit radio signals wherever it goes, identifying and locating the organism. The collar may be used to obtain other information such as temperature, heart beats, parturition, death etc. This information can be continuously monitored by using automatic recording devices.
Digital technology is the basis of our new age of information. Integrated circuits, computer software’s and photonics are the key technologies for manipulating digits. Single chip circuits can now replace about 1 million components. The trend coupled with access to unlimited, inexpensive random access memory (RAM) and the availability of gigabyte storage devise with 20 millisecond access time permits full desktop access to all the world’s printed information.
Thus world’s conservation data can be stored on magnetic compact disks and made available to any one requiring the information with the help of satellite net-work. The conservation monitoring centre of International Union for Conservation of Nature and Species Survival Commission (SSC) collects data on the status of species and conservation programme on worldwide basis.
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International species Inventory System (ISIS) provides updated information about pedigree demography and other laboratory data on different species. This information’s are a valuable asset to anyone concerned with wild life conservation (Dresser 1988).