The focal point of conservation of biodiversity is the so-called protected areas (PA), although the
quality of the latter is usually measured with the help of the fixed boundaries that fail to capture the
dynamics of animal movement. The research formulates the relationship between animal movement
choices and the functional efficacy of the boundary of protection areas through a combination of
spatial movement trends and quantitative measures of conservation. Visualization of movement
showed that there were a high degree of boundary permeability and a significant amount of access to
adjacent unprotected landscapes, which was marked by concentrated edge use and a high frequency
of boundary crossings. Resource availability was found to be high in the PAs at 0.74, and the strength
of enforcement was found to be high at 0.81; the anthropogenic disturbance was higher in the
surrounding areas at 0.67 than in the PAs at 0.22. The probability of mortality or conflict was higher,
0.08, in the reserves, and 0.27 in the open, and the probability of survival was lower, 0.92, within the
reserves and 0.71 outside the reserves. Movement drivers were analyzed and revealed that resource
scarcity explained 34.2 % of the boundary-crossing movements, then seasonal climate variability,
which was 21.5 %, and then social behavior, which was 16.8 %. These findings show that the benefits
of conservation offered by stationary safeguards are diminished by the absence of accounting for the
movement of animals beyond the boundaries of reserves. The research indicates that movement-based
assessments are essential in assessing the effectiveness of a protected area and the results of
conservation of mobile species.