Thermal technology has the potential to improve the detection of animals in many habitat types. More pigs and deer (n = 533) were found by a dedicated thermal operator than by visual observers (n = 302) during an aerial cull on the Hay Plains in New South Wales across habitat types (T. Cox, unpublished data, 2021) Additionally, using thermal technologies in the thermal aerial culling configuration could enable following multiple animals during a pursuit (by the thermal-imager operator while the shooter is focused on the target), thereby reducing the likelihood of losing other animals in the group. More efficient tracking could also improve animal welfare by reducing the probability that animals are shot/wounded and then escape to thick vegetation before incapacitation is confirmed [5].