Meet Piper, the Border Collie who works at Cherry Capital Airport in Michigan and has an important job.
Piper is 7 years old and works as a part of the airport’s Wildlife Hazard Management Plan.
He spends most of his time chasing birds away from the runways and taxiways.
To date, he’s scared away over 2,450 birds
K-9 Piper fractured a toe 24 Nov 2015 as he deployed to chase a snowy owl and will be in a cast until at least February.
Until then, he is reassigned as the airport’s Chief Morale Officer.
Piper will soon be cast free, hopefully around the third week in February.
Brian Edwards is Piper’s – Owner, trainer, handler, PR rep or you can say the one who is Piper’s airport operations supervisor.
Brian, is the one who manages Piper’s website, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.