A bird of
prey who worked protecting the skies of Heathrow
Airport was stolen from its owner’s van in the UK on
Tuesday evening.
Police
are actively looking into the incident after CCTV footage released shows three
men smashing the window of the van while it was parked outside a hotel next to
the airport, and grabbing the six-year-old hawk, Sky News reported.
The Harris
hawk, Milo, was used to scare away other birds at the airport to prevent bird
strikes from occurring.
Milo’s
owner Layla Bennett was checking into the Mercure hotel when she left the hawk
in the backseat. When she went back to retrieve him, he had been taken, Sky News reported.
According
to the video footage, Bennett said Milo would not go with the men at first.
"He
eventually did when they grabbed him forcefully, he was flapping and very
distressed.
"Then
they threw him into the car and drove off with him out of his box,” the told
The Sun.
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