Dutch police train eagles to grab enemy drones

Dutch police puzzling over the way to take away drones that create a public safety threat square measure testing the simplest way to induce the work worn out one fell swoop - with trained eagles.

"It's a low-tech answer to a sophisticated drawback," spokesperson Dennis Roman deity of the country's national police same.

The idea arose as a result of amateur use of drones has boomed and police have begun to fret regarding unlicenced drones flying into off-limit areas around airports or on top of public events like politician's appearances.

Possible solutions the Dutch police have studied embody shooting nets at the offending  drones, remotely hacking them to seize their controls - or taking them out with birds of prey.

"People typically suppose it is a hoax, however it's proving terribly effective to date," Roman deity same.

Showing off the technique in an exceedingly video discharged by police, a four-propeller drone hovers within the middle of a warehouse, coloured lights flashing.

Released by her keeper, a white-tailed eagle glides straight toward the drone, clutches it simply in her talons - clack! - and drags it to the bottom.

Sjoerd Hoogendoorn of "Guard from Above", the corporate operating with police to develop the idea, same the birds should be trained to acknowledge the drones as prey.

They are rewarded with a chunk of meat when every in foray.

Their scaly talons square measure sturdy and hard enough to seize most consumer-grade drones while not injury from the blades, he said.

"These birds square measure accustomed meeting resistance from animals they hunt within the wild, and that they do not appear to own abundant hassle with the drones," he said.

The potential impact on the associateimals' welfare is subject of testing by an external research project institute.

"The real drawback we've is that they destroy lots of drones," Hoogendoorn same. "It's a serious value of testing."

Another unknown is however the birds can fare in an exceedingly crowd state of affairs, he said.

A decision by police on whether or not to maneuver ahead with mistreatment the eagles is predicted by the tip of the year.