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Photo of the Week: Pepsi the Hawk, defender of London’s air ambulances

A 2-year-old Harris’s hawk helps deter pesky pigeons that can interfere with London’s Air Ambulance Charity aircraft

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This week’s Photo of the Week comes from London’s Air Ambulance Charity, highlighting an unlikely defender of the city’s medical aircraft.

Pepsi, a 2-year-old Harris’s hawk, is deployed every couple weeks to get rid of pigeons that like to hang around the service’s helipad, posing a hazard to the air ambulances. Pepsi is shown here with Paramedic Lynsey Grant.

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Photo/London’s Air Ambulance Charity

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