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takyon [soylentnews.org] writes:

Days after Dutch police released a video [soylentnews.org] demonstrating a trained eagle attacking a drone, other police officials and politicians have registered interest [theregister.co.uk]:

The Metropolitan Police have confirmed they're looking into deploying drone-busting eagles, a few days after a Scottish MP called [theregister.co.uk] for cops north of the border to investigate the possibility of using feathered interceptors to deal with growing flocks of wild UAVs.

According to the Times, Met Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe has tasked a chief inspector with seeing if a Dutch talon-armed anti-UAV initiative might work in the UK's capital.

[...] A Metropolitan Police spokesman said yesterday: "As would be expected in an organisation that is transforming we take an interest in all innovative new ideas and will of course be looking at the work of the Dutch police use of eagles."

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