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The Netherlands police force are training eagles to 鈥渉unt鈥� drones in an effort to crack down on unauthorised usage.

Mark Wiebes, who is an innovation manager for the National Police in the Netherlands, told 5 live training is going well as the eagles 鈥渁re focused and they never fail to catch the drones鈥�.

The birds have been trained to stop the remote control gadgets by associated the drone with food. They 'hunt' the drone and trade it for "a piece of chicken". Mark Wiebes explained that the drones used in training are the 鈥渘ormal commercially available鈥� ones, and don鈥檛 hurt the birds, but research is taking place into whether bigger motors would harm the bird, and if so, what measures can be taken to protect the birds.

This clips is originally from 5 live Drive on Tuesday 2 February 2016.