Mini 4 Pro A hundred Herons around a tiny drone.
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UAV Ernst
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This would be against the law where I live: The B.C. Wildlife Act forbids anyone from behaviour that would “worry, exhaust, fatigue, annoy, plague, pester, tease or torment” an animal
ryguy80
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The U.S. has similar regulations as well. Because of these concerns, it's illegal to fly in National Wildlife Refuges. Federal Register :: Request Access
Unlawful in the US. Inappropriate everywhere.
If you want to stir up some real opposition to drones, just continue posting videos showing drones being used to harass birds.
If you want to stir up some real opposition to drones, just continue posting videos showing drones being used to harass birds.
[my personal opinion following; nothing legal]
As I was watching this, I could have predicted the reactions. The first instance where you approach too closely and the bird takes flight and you get in position to get a few more seconds of the bird in-flight before you broke it off.....fine. And even after that where you startled the birds and the entire group took flight as you overrun the flock but where I would personally draw the line is the repeated harassment and continuous and almost unrelenting chase to the point the birds started to stress and become agitated and disoriented....not a good look. I don't see any criminal behavior IMO (because I've seen worse and believe you have to be intentionally causing harm and I lean more toward it having to be cruel and unusual; I believe in the protected species and the protected areas mostly). But you gotta understand when someone sees a drone doing this (as opposed to pretty much anything else) they get pretty ticked about it, not only in the West but I can imagine in your country as well. But what do I know, for all we know, those birds were having fun with the drone and thought they were playing tag.
As I was watching this, I could have predicted the reactions. The first instance where you approach too closely and the bird takes flight and you get in position to get a few more seconds of the bird in-flight before you broke it off.....fine. And even after that where you startled the birds and the entire group took flight as you overrun the flock but where I would personally draw the line is the repeated harassment and continuous and almost unrelenting chase to the point the birds started to stress and become agitated and disoriented....not a good look. I don't see any criminal behavior IMO (because I've seen worse and believe you have to be intentionally causing harm and I lean more toward it having to be cruel and unusual; I believe in the protected species and the protected areas mostly). But you gotta understand when someone sees a drone doing this (as opposed to pretty much anything else) they get pretty ticked about it, not only in the West but I can imagine in your country as well. But what do I know, for all we know, those birds were having fun with the drone and thought they were playing tag.
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