Dealing with drones - Dutch Police experimenting with eagles

[David Rees <>]

True, note the bird came in from below, mind you all might stop if a bird was injured badly.

On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 5:37 PM, Con Boekel <> wrote:

Thanks David
The props on some drones rotate so fast they can cut off a finger. I trust that the police have considered the downside which would, I imagine, include eagles that can no longer land.
regards
Con

On 2/02/2016 4:22 PM, David Rees wrote:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/01/dutch-netherlands-police-birds-unauthorized-drones

Also on the ABC but this report is has a longer video, esp. if you can understand the Dutch.

David

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