Dutch Police Use Eagles To Fight Illegal Drones
by BBC News.com
"Dutch Police are employing Eagles to take down illegal drones following successful trials. The force has become the first in the world to recruit birds to tackle the increasing number of drones invading the Dutch skies. It's a low-tech solution to a hi-tech problem, police spokesman Dennis Janus said.
Despite concerns raised by animal rights group, the police say the birds are not in any danger.
A number of tests have been conducted since January and police seem confident about the program.
The eagles will now be deployed whenever drones are believed to be posing a threat to the public or flying close to airports or sensitive areas. The eagles see the drones as prey and intercept them as they are flying, before landing where they feel safe with the drone still in their claws, Mr Janus told AFP.
About 100 officers will be trained to work with the eagles. After successful trials, Dutch police bought four sea eagle chicks. They are now five months old. As the police wait for their birds to mature, they will be using eagles supplied by a specialist company, Guard From Above. The Dutch "flying squad" is expected to to be active next summer."
I like it.
I wonder if it would be legal for me to train, let us say a
Hawk
to take down drones?
I have this one
Drone,
with two cameras,
pointing my way every morning,
sitting outside my bedroom window,
watching me while I get dress.
I feel so
Violated,
but love the
Voyeurism
at my age!
This next question you asked
and didn't know it,
is a serious one indeed.
is a serious one indeed.
California
not only has to worry about
Illegal Immigrants,
now we have to worry about
Trimmigrants!
In secretive marijuana industry, whispers of abuse and trafficking.
by
"In the Emerald Triangle, trees are ever present. They peek over small
towns and dip into valleys, sheathing this cluster of remote Northern
California counties in silence. For decades, the ancient forests here have provided cover for the
nation’s largest marijuana-growing industry, shielding pot farmers from
convention, outsiders and law enforcement. But the forests also hide secrets, among them young women with
stories of sexual abuse and exploitation. Some have spoken out; a
handful have pressed charges. Most have confided only in private. Students from the nearest college, Humboldt State University, return
from a summer of trimming marijuana buds with tales of being forced to
give their boss a blow job to get paid. Other “trimmigrants,” who
typically work during the June-to-November harvest, recount offers of
higher wages to trim topless. During one harvest season, two growers began having sex with their
teenage trimmer. When they feared she would run away, they locked her
inside an oversized toolbox with breathing holes. Contact with law enforcement is rare and, female trimmigrants say, rarely satisfying. Verifying their stories is as difficult as finding your way through
the forest at night, down twisty dirt roads, to one of the backwoods
marijuana farms. During months of reporting in the region, Reveal from
The Center for Investigative Reporting unearthed dozens of accounts of
sexual exploitation, abuse and trafficking. Victims’ advocates say the
problem is far larger and, with every harvest, continues to grow. Women believe they are getting hired for trimming work, and then
they’re drugged and raped, said Maryann Hayes Mariani, a coordinator
for the North Coast Rape Crisis Team. Everybody looks at (the region)
like it’s the Land of Oz. I’m just so tired of pretending like it’s not
happening here. Yet law enforcement repeatedly has failed to investigate abuse and
sexual violence in the industry. Instead, officers mostly focus on what
they view as the root cause of the problem: the drug trade. In the rural counties of Northern California, marijuana is still a
largely underground industry, worth billions. Last year, legal
California sales alone were valued at $2.7 billion, according to The ArcView Group,
a marijuana market research firm. Sales are projected to balloon to
$6.4 billion by 2020 if marijuana is legalized for recreational use.
It’s big business, drawing busloads of job seekers."
It is a job opportunity for a lot of people,
where there is a lot of money to be made,
but once again,
Some Men Prove,
not all mind you,
but some men are so sick in the
Head,
they don't deserve a
Verpa!
(That is Latin for you know what.)
This is,
Using My Translator To Write The Word Penis In Latin,
Jim Hauenstein,
And,
“The illegality of cannabis is outrageous, an impediment to full
utilization of a drug which helps produce the serenity and insight,
sensitivity and fellowship so desperately needed in this increasingly
mad and dangerous world.”
- Carl Sagan -
That is my story and I am sticking to it!
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