Posted on 21 September 2017 -
06:46pm
LARNACA, Cyprus: Police on a
British military base in Cyprus on Thursday launched their latest weapon in the
fight against illegal bird trappers – a high-tech drone.
A recent study by Britain's Royal
Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), said Cypriot trappers killed 2.3
million migrating birds in autumn 2016, up from 1.4 million in 2010.
Size for size that makes Cyprus
the second-most deadly bird destination in the Mediterranean, after Malta.
And most of the industrial
killing takes place within British military-controlled areas, especially the
eastern sovereign base of Dhekelia, outside the south coast resort of Larnaca.
After Cyprus gained independence
in 1960, Britain retained sovereignty over two base areas covering some 254km²
of the island's territory where it runs its own police and courts.
British authorities said the
drone would mainly be used by an action team dedicated to combating illegal
bird trapping due to the crystal clear imagery it can generate from great
heights at a top speed of more than 80km per hour.
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