Drones being used to help locate missing dogs have been shot at twice in Maine this month.

Rob Russell, the owner of 2A TAC Air OPS, travels across the Northeast, helping to find missing people and animals with his three drones.

“With a thermal drone in the right weather conditions, you can cover a huge area of multiple square miles in a relatively short amount of time that would normally take a very large amount of people,” said Russell.

When he was out searching for a missing dog Tuesday, Russell said his drone was attacked.

“We had seen a lot of deer and animals, and I saw a thermal signature, figured it was just another deer. I panned the camera, I saw a gentleman clearly aiming a rifle, and he was firing. He was actively firing at the drone,” said Russell.

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