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.. The Harris hawk, Milo, was used to scare away other birds at the airport to prevent bird strikes from occurring.
Milo’s owner Layla Bennett was checking into the Mercure hotel when she left the hawk in the backseat. When she went back to retrieve him, he had been taken, Sky News reported.
According to the video footage, Bennett said Milo would not go with the men at first.
"He eventually did when they grabbed him forcefully, he was flapping and very distressed.
"Then they threw him into the car and drove off with him out of his box,” the told The Sun. ..
“A Harris hawk, like the one pictured, was stolen near Heathrow Airport on Tuesday evening.
(Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images)”