Birdstrike Program Media Coverage


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National Media Coverage

  USA Today
"Guard dog keeps runways clear for takeoff"

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  PEOPLE magazine
"Feather Buster: A Florida airport unleashes a weapon in its battle against birds: Border collie Jet"

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  Wall Street Journal
"Retraining Type-A Dogs to Collar Careers in a Post-Agrarian Society"

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  ABC News
"Birds & Planes Don’t Mix"

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  CBS News
"It's a Dog's Life:
Chasing Birds For A Living And. . . Saving Airlines Millions Of Dollars"
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  National Public Radio
"All Things Considered: Jet the Wonderdog"

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  Chicago Tribune
"Male Border Collie Lands Every Hound's Dream Job"

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  Los Angeles Times
"Friend or Fowl, Dog Keeps Runways Clear"

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  TIME (for Kids)
"He Works Like a Dog"

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  FLYING magazine
"Bird Dog"

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  Deseret News
"Collie's a Bird's Best Friend"

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  PetLife magazine
"It's a Bird, It's a Plane... No it's JET the Dog: The Airplane Dog Who Saves Lives
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  Airports Americas
"Jet the Border Collie Invites Birds to Leave Airport"

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  Airports
"Southwest Florida International Hires Collie For Birdstrike Control"

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  World Airport Week
"Secret Weapon Jet Keeps Birds Away"

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  Airport Magazine
"Airport Wildlife Hazards - A Complex Problem"

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  Business and Commercial Aviation
"Border Collie Bugs Birds"

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  Experimental Aircraft Association
"Jet the Border Collie Invites Birds to Leave Airport"

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  Plane & Pilot
"Readback: Ft. Meyer's Border Collie"

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  Airport Highlights
"Airport Briefs"

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  World Airport Week
"Hound to Chase Birds From Flight Paths"

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  Traffic World
"It's a Dog's Job"

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  Yahoo
"Study Shows Jet Is Doing His Job; Border Collie Persuades Birds to Leave Southwest Florida International Airport"

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  Sheep Industry News
"Border collies - not just for sheep anymore"

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  The Federal Marketplace
"Goose Begone! A Federal Contract For Legal Harassment"

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  TIME (for Kids)
"Who's News"

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  Weekly Reader
"This Job Is For the Birds!"

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  Clubhouse
"Operation Bird Dog"

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  n magazine
"Bird Dog"

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  Pets: part of the family
"Jet cleared for takeoff"

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  Gulfshore Life magazine
"Jet on the job"

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  Yahoo Broadcast
"Jet Protects the Skies"

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  About.com Airtravel
"Doggone Birds! Meet Jet, Ft. Myers Top Bird Dog"

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  Family Values
"Jet the Border Collie Invites Birds to Leave Airport"

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  Trip.com
"Keeping Birds out of Planes' Flight Path"

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  Best Friends
"Employment Agency For Border Collies"

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International Media Coverage

  The Jerusalem Post
"Canine Chasers May Save Airplanes From Birds"
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  Ha'aretz
Hebrew only!

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  Another Isreali Newspaper
Hebrew only! Sorry, but we can't translate. Even we don't know what it says!

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  Another Isreali Newspaper
Hebrew only!

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  More Isreali News Clippings
Hebrew only!

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  More Isreali News Clippings
Hebrew only!

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  More Isreali News Clippings
Hebrew only!

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  More Isreali News Clippings
Hebrew only!

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  Blick
"Mit einem Hund gegen die Vögel" ("With a dog against the birds") (German)

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  Florida Journal
"Lebende Vogelscheuche" (German)

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  German Publication
"Neues vom Partnerflughafen: Jet - der Vogelschreck von Fort Myers" (German)

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Local Media Coverage

  Airlifter
"Wildlife management efforts: Dover AFB first to use border collies to chase away troublesome geese"

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  Delaware State News
"Birds going to the dogs at air base: Canines trained to clear air for planes at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware"

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  The Naple News
"'Jet' becomes SW Florida's first 'bird dog' ... at the International Airport"

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  Gainesville Sun
"Finding New Careers in a Sheepless Society"

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  Seattle Times
"Airport going to the dogs to keep birds away"

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  News Press
"New kind of bird dog patrols airport's land"

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  Albuquerque Journal
"Dogs Battling Bird Threat"

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  Sun Sentinel
"Jet flies out to shoo birds: Airport employs dog to save planes from damage by fowl"

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  Airlifter
"Area bird population decreases thanks to Border Collie presence: Initial wildlife management results encouraging
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  The News Journal
"Collies conduct a clean sweep: At DAFB, dangerous birds have gone to the dogs
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  News Coast Times
"Fort Myers airport worker is a new brand of 'bird dog' "

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  Dover Post
"On the Fly:Workaholics Border collies keep Dover AFB flightlines free of birds
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  Orlando Sentinel
"Border Patrol"

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  News Press
"Jet works like a dog" (Editorial)

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  Houston Chronicle
"Digging up answers to bird strike issue"

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  Dallas Morning News
"Collies' Work At Runways Not For The Birds: Dogs help stop collisions with planes at air base"

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  Bonita Daily News
"Airport's new hire enjoys being worked to the bone"

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  The Naple News
"Operation Bird Dog: Collie keeps the flocks off the runways"

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  Florida Times-Union
"Airports Tell Dogs: 'Sic 'em' - Collies trained to clear birds from runways "

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  News Press
"Airport calls in bird dog for help: Collie could keep fowl off runways"

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  Sun Sentinel
"FAA Battles Birds at Airports"

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  Cold Lake Sun
"4 Wing Looks at Pooches to Purge Birds From Airfield"

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  Airportopics
"Idea Corner"

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  Fort Myers Beach Observer
"Border Collie goes to work at airport"

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  Press Journal
"Going to the birds"

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  News Press
"Dog's career takes off"

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  Footprints
"Highlights"

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  Island Sun
"Jet the Border Collie"

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  Inside UNF
"Carter Uses Dogs to Improve Air Safety"

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  The Beach Bulletin
"Airport Pup Put to Work"

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  New Bay Times
"Dock of the Bay: Way Downstream"

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  NetPets
"Border Collie Herds Birds Out Of Plane's Way"

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Aquaculture Media Coverage

  Global Aquaculture Advocate
"The Border Patrol: Making Fish Farms Safe for Fish"

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  Fisheries
"Aquaculture Facilities Turn to Dogs To Protect Fish"

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  Mid-Atlantic Aqua Farmer
"Get that bird! - Border collie takes to new job like duck to water"

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  Gulf Coast Fisherman
"Aquaculture Facilities Turn to Dogs To Protect Fish"

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