Wildflower International, Ltd founder and CEO Kimberly deCastro has spent more than 20 years of managing the affairs of the business. Aside from being a business executive, Kimberly deCastro also advocates for animal welfare.In its simplest term, animal welfare refers to man’s relationship with animals and his responsibility to care for them in the most humane way. Animal welfare began as early as the Neolithic era when people started domesticating animals. In fact, animal domestication resulted from man’s appreciation and respect for animals. This also gave rise to animal agriculture and husbandry.During the Neolithic times, people believed that animal welfare helped them achieve their own purpose. Caring for animals gave them mutual benefits because animals cared back. This was the pact that was held on until now that led to the modern-time animal welfare. Today, people still cared for animals like the people of the Neolithic era did.The challenge to keep animal welfare today is the worldwide shift from agriculture to urbanization. This shift posts a challenge to animal welfare advocates because only 1% of those living in farms in the US practice the occupation of farming.
Wildflower, Inc., founder Kimberly deCastro heads the largest woman-owned business in the State of New Mexico. During Kimberly deCastro’s 25-year tenure as CEO, Wildflower, Inc., has secured government contracts for innovative technological products worth millions of dollars, including unmanned aircraft (UA) produced by SilentFalcon.
SilentFalcon’s UAs are powered by a solar electric propulsion system. These silent, sturdy aircraft are undetectable after reaching an altitude of 100 meters and can fly for up to five hours. These characteristics combined with the device’s considerable payload capacity mean that SilentFalcon’s UAs are suitable for a range of industries.
Surveillance - UAs can stealthily gather intelligence from hostile or impassable areas. This is ideal for collecting information about enemy positions during war, or surveying the damage and assistance needs after a natural disaster.
Agriculture - UAs provide a bird’s-eye view that can help large agribusinesses manage their crops and watering systems.
Film - UAs can capture angles and viewpoints that may be impossible or too dangerous for manned aircraft. This ability can add interesting perspectives to movies and film, or enable news media outlets provide an up-close view of an unfolding story.
