The working birds of Toronto's Pearson Airport

[Catherine]

When you think of working animals you don't usually think of birds. Dogs come to mind and horses, but not birds.
Birds are a very real danger for a busy airport. Collisions with airplanes can be serious. So the airport employs a wildlife management team and about 25 birds of prey to patrol the skies and keep flocks of birds away. These are some of those birds.

https://www.cp24.com/photo-galleries/pea...-1.6877343

They obviously do their job well. I have never seen a bird at the airport and there have been no accidents involving birds and planes.
This benefits humans, but it also benefits the wild birds. The airport is not a safe place for them to hang out.