Pig patrol: Amsterdam airport’s innovative approach to flight safety
by Senay Boztas in Amsterdam from Environment | The Guardian on (#5S9AB)
Farm animals are being used to prevent bird strikes as numbers of geese boom around Schiphol, one of Europe's busiest flight hubs
A group of animals has been drafted in to combat a hazard in the skies above the runways of Amsterdam's Schiphol airport, the Netherlands' aviation hub.
A six-week pilot project is studying whether a small herd of pigs can deter flocks of geese and other birds attracted to discarded sugar beet on nearby farmland.
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