In a March 14, 2024 article titled, “This Dayton defense firm isn’t just serving our country, it’s saving endangered turtles too,” the Dayton Business Journal talks about CRG’s Techno-Tort™ product, developed in partnership with Hardshell Labs in California.

The system trains ravens, the number one predator of young desert tortoises, to leave the tortoises alone, using a life-like decoy that dispenses a non-lethal spray to discourage the birds. Read more about Techno-Tort™ here.