Hi, welcome to FoxFinder!
The model is designed to identify foxes and other vulnerable wildlife that are being hunted illegally by fox hunting packs in the UK. Hunt saboteurs use drones to monitor for illegal hunting, but it is extremely difficult to spot foxes both in real time on the small screen of a drone remote, but also in reviewing of footage. This model's primary goal is to allow for saboteurs to find foxes hidden in 5+ hours of footage that may be taken over the course of a day of hunting as fast and as easily as possible, in order to assist police in investigating and prosecuting foxes. The model's secondary goal is to enable real-time analysis of footage on location. This could happen either by real-time processing of video output from the drone's remote, or by integrating the model directly into the drone's firmware, which has recently become possible in DJI's industrial drones.
This is currently a project I am undertaking single-handedly, with saboteur groups providing …
