The cattle ranch at the center of the case asked the FAA for strict drone regulations, saying legal flyovers threatened “food security.”

The cattle ranch at the center of the case demands strict drone regulations, saying legal flyovers threatened “food security.”

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    One commenter was Grimmius Cattle Co. Its chief operating officer Austin Flores complained that an activist group had submitted more than 30 hours of footage of another farm to law enforcement agencies.
    “This is the end goal of these surveillance campaigns: to generate enough material to file complaints, trigger investigations, and create regulatory and legal pressure against lawful agricultural operations,” Flores said in a written statement submitted on July 6. “The footage is a tool, and producers have no current airspace protection to prevent it from being gathered.”

    I fail to see the part where they claim there is any substantive risk to food security. Like, yes, exactly, they are using the footage to trigger investigations. Because you’re doing illegal things. Maybe stop doing the illegal things?