FINCASTLE, Va. (WDBJ) – When your pet escapes, you might walk around calling its name, hoping it will listen and return. Now, one local man is using technology to make the search more efficient.
Hayden Vanburen started BackRidge Drone Services in August. Now he’s started to offer pet recovery services and is using his drone to help people locate their lost pets. He can use it to search within a one-mile radius and identify any animal in that area.
“Flying around, I can see squirrels in the woods, so if I can see a squirrel, I can see a dog or a cat. This is getting bigger for pet recoveries around the country, and I was like, ‘Well, there’s no one around here that does it.’ On this side of Virginia, there are a lot of pets that get lost in the mountains, so if anyone ever needed me, I would say call me as soon as possible if you lose a pet,” said Vanburen, the owner of BackRidge Drone Services…