Drone technology for wild bird mitigation to ameliorate the spread of avia influenza

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) caused more than $20 BILLION in lost poultry production and consumer price volatility, from 2024-2025, in the US, alone.

The number of egg-laying chickens euthanized in the US, due to HPAI, surpassed 200 million birds in March. Add broilers, turkeys, ducks, quail and other commercial poultry – and the toll of HPAI is an ongoing, global scourge – as when a single bird is found to be infected, the entire flock must be euthanized.

The virus is primarily spread by migrating birds dropping infected waste when overflying poultry farms. An overlay of the primary migratory bird flyways, and other research, validates these findings.

StarThrowers is mitigating this cause of infestation, by preventing wild birds from flying over poultry farms. Our innovative, proprietary, AI-assisted Wild Bird Interceptor system (WiBITM) will incorporate proprietary bird detection technology, to recognize and identify threatening birds before they enter the protected area – launching military-grade, sophisticated drones that approach birds at more than 100 mph, redirecting their flight.