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Drones Used in Cyprus to Catch Songbird Poachers


Police at Britain’s two military bases in Cyprus say that the use of a state-of-the-art drone will greatly boost their ongoing crackdown on the illicit trapping of small migratory birds.
British Base police chief constable Chris Eyre says poachers can no longer use the cover of darkness for trapping, because the drone has night vision.
He said the drone’s use is governed by a legal framework to protect privacy rights.
The 25,000-euro machine’s cameras can read a license plate from as high as 200 metres (656 feet).
At that altitude, the drone is neither visible nor audible from the ground.
Songbird trapping feeds a lucrative underground trade among some Cypriot restaurants that serve them as a delicacy.
Conservationists say the trade is worth millions.
Source: AP

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