Watch: Dutch Police Eagle Takes Down a Drone

In the Netherlands, the police are looking to use trained eagles as a mechanism for taking down unwanted drones, partnering with the private company Guard from Above.
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The explosive popularity of drones has had law enforcement agencies in a hurry to catch up with ways to regulating the airborne machines.

In the Netherlands, the police are looking to use trained eagles as a mechanism for taking down unwanted drones, partnering with the private company Guard from Above.

“You can also imagine that people want to create beautiful images of an event with a drone that flies above the crowd. If the drone falls from the sky, can be dangerous for the people,” Mark Wiebe, an innovation manager in the Dutch Police force, said in a statement.

Sometimes a low-tech solution for a high-tech problem is more obvious than it seems.
Sjoerd Hoogendoorn, Guard from Above
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