Category: Eagles

Mining company loses 9 surveillance drones – because of eagles

Dunja Djudjic

Earlier this year, we were quite surprised (to say the least) by the information that Dutch police were training eagles to take down drones. And what’s more, it seems that the weird approach against UAVs worked. But it appears eagles in Australia require no training to do it. Because they started seeing surveillance drones as […]

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Drone films photographer’s incredible crawl through mud to rescue an eagle

John Aldred

For some of us, just seeing a white-tailed eagle in the wild would be a treat. Polish wildlife photographer Krzysztof Chomicz has seen plenty. Lately, he saw one in a situation he didn’t like, drowning in thick mud. Without hesitation, he went out to save it. This isn’t the first time, either. Chomicz rescued another white-tailed eagle last […]

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Dutch Police are training eagles to take down drones…seriously

Gannon Burgett

Drone owners, it looks like Spiderman-inspired nets aren’t the only thing you’ll need to worry about taking down your drone. The Dutch National Police are testing a new means of bringing down unauthorized unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Eagles. That’s right, Dutch police are currently undergoing a short trial period of teaching trained eagles to identify […]

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