--- description: Dutch Police Training Eagles to Intercept Drones title: Watch This Insane Video of an Eagle Trained to Hunt Drones image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch This Insane Video of an Eagle Trained to Hunt Drones  by [Julia Zorthian](/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 1, 2016 4:53 PM CUT  by [Julia Zorthian](/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 1, 2016 4:53 PM CUT The Dutch National Police Force may enlist [eagles](http://www.engadget.com/2016/02/01/eagles-vs-drones/ "undefined") to help take out illegal drones during emergencies. Police paired up with a raptor training company Guard from Above to train an eagle to recognize, capture and transport a drone with their talons, as part of efforts to [simplify anti-drone defenses](http://www.theverge.com/2016/2/1/10884586/drone-vs-eagle-dutch-police "undefined"). The strategy would use eagles to combat drones in situations when it could be too dangerous to use more common intercept methods, such as police drones fitted with nets. The above video shows a demonstration of the eagle’s work, the National Police said in [a statement](https://www.politie.nl/nieuws/2016/januari/31/wereldprimeur-politie-zet-roofvogels-in-om-drones-uit-te-schakelen.html "undefined"). The force is also exploring nets as an option, but trained eagles would give them more control over where the captured drones are taken. They will decide upon adopting the program within a few months. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4202469/dutch-police-eagle-drones/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4202469/dutch-police-eagle-drones/"},"headline":"Watch This Insane Video of an Eagle Trained to Hunt Drones","datePublished":"2016-02-01T16:53:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:07:22.186Z","description":"It's Raptor vs Predator","url":"https://time.com/4202469/dutch-police-eagle-drones/","keywords":["Tech","Drones"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Julia Zorthian","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4202469/dutch-police-eagle-drones/","name":"Watch This Insane Video of an Eagle Trained to Hunt Drones"}}]}] ```