We all know about drones and their more dangerous missions – flying in war zones, crashing onto the White House lawn. But now they’re being used in Texas for a gentler reason: to find stray dogs.
The World Animal Awareness Society (WA2S) is filming a new television show called “Operation Houston: Stray Dog City,” USA Today reports, to examine the stray dog problem in Houston and profile the people trying to save the animals.
That’s where the drones come in. Tom McPhee, executive director of WA2S, said the drones will “draw a big circle in the air” while volunteers and GPS technology work on the ground, and that combination will help them count all the stray dogs in the Houston area.
“It’s another amazing tool,” McPhee said of drones.
Drone Country: See America From Above
House boats appear next to the shoreline of Bidwell Canyon on Lake Oroville in Northern California on November 25, 2014. Lake Oroville is California's second largest reservoir, and is currently 70% empty as a result of the state's severe drought.
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Campers appear in an RV park in Fernley, Nevada on November 25, 2014. The nearby Amazon Fulfillment Center recruits people living out of RVs to work on the floor of their warehouse during peak holiday shipping season. Many of the campers are senior citizens whose homes or savings were wiped out by the 2008 economic crisis.
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A parking lot for an Amazon fulfillment center appears in New Jersey on November 11, 2014.
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A residential apartment complex appears in Poughkeepsie, New York on November 9, 2014.
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Vacation homes appear on the New Jersey Shore on November 11, 2014.
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An empty drive-in movie theater appears in Poughkeepsie, New York on November 9, 2014.
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A farm house and field appear outside Trenton, New Jersey on November 11, 2014.
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Cows gather for water and alfalfa distributed by a rancher in a drought-devastated pasture in Merced County, California on November 26, 2014. As with many areas of the Central Valley of California, these cows would not be able to survive without this kind of supplemental nutrition.
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A run-down neighborhood appears in North Camden, New Jersey on November 23, 2014. In 2012, the FBI ranked Camden as having the most violent crime per capita of any American city with a population of over 50,000. The local police installed millions of dollars of surveillance equipment in residential neighborhoods, including cameras and microphones that detect the exact location of gunshots.
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Horse stalls appear near Fernley, Nevada on November 24, 2014.
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A swamp appears near Brookfield, Connecticut on November 8, 2014.
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Beachfront vacation units appear on Cape Cod, Massachusetts on Nov. 7, 2014.
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The USS New Jersey, a decommissioned battleship, appears on the Delaware river off Camden, New Jersey on November 23, 2014.
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A college campus appears in Poughkeepsie, New York on November 9, 2014.
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Lacrosse players warm up before practice in Clark County, Nevada on January 20, 2014. The nearby Creech Air Force is the main command center for overseas drone strikes.
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Wiggins Park Marina appears in Camden, New Jersey on November 23, 2014.
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