Through satellite tracking of both the herd and the lions in the area, they will be able to determine if their psychological trickery will work to help keep farmers from shooting lions.
Modern methods for tracking polar bear populations have been employed only since the mid-1980s, and are expensive to perform consistently over a large area.
Part of the fight-back will include tracking lions fitted with radio collars in the Amboseli area in southern Kenya, close to the border with Tanzania.