Police are investigating an incident at a Berks
County hunting club in which someone on the hunting grounds allegedly
targeted a mechanical flying object rather than a living and breathing
one.
SHowing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK) are in the midst of a campaign against the Wing Pointe commercial hunting grounds
in Hamburg, Berks County and its live pigeon shoots in which the birds
are shot down. SHARK began to use an “Octocopter,” a remote controlled
flying machine with a high tech video camera, to secretly record the pigeon shoots as they happen.
"The pigeon shooters are basically
going into hiding," said Steve Hindi, president of SHARK. "So they're
using a ring that's up a hill and completely surrounded by trees. So the
only way you can get to it is through the air."
The drone, nicknamed “Angel,” was
recording a live pigeon shoot on Sunday around 3 p.m. when investigators
say it was suddenly struck by gunfire.
More @ NBC 10
Good practice for gov drones.
ReplyDeleteThey need 000, so it can't be recovered.
DeleteThe hunters only winged it, probably with birdshot. That tells me that (a) they need to keep a couple of deer rifles handy and (b) spend some time on the range doing target practice.
ReplyDeleteI'm betting that the animal-rights group will run out of drones before they run out of bullets. After all, your flying a drone over my land is an open invitation to shoot it down, ihmo.
your flying a drone over my land is an open invitation to shoot it down
DeletePrecisely.