February 02, 2016 – Police in Netherlands are now training eagles to assist it to snatch drones which have increasingly become a source of security worry.
“It’s a low-tech solution to a high-tech problem… People sometimes think it’s a hoax, but it’s proving very effective so far,” he said, adding that amateur use of drones has boomed and police is worried by proliferation in unlicensed drones flying into off-limit spaces around airports or above public events.
Besides use of eagles, the Dutch police is also considering shooting nets at the offending drones, to bring them under control.
Drones are used by security agencies for aerial surveillance while filmmakers also deploy the technology in films to shoot mobile and complicated scenes difficult to achieve through hand held of Steadicam.
