The ongoing Wimbledon championships are an exercise in logistics, and chipping in with caterers, bodyguards, masseurs and ballboys and girls, is a Harris Hawk. His job? To make sure pigeons don't distract the world's hardest hitting players

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The ongoing Wimbledon championships are an exercise in logistics, and chipping in with caterers, bodyguards, masseurs and ballboys and girls, is a Harris Hawk. His job? To make sure pigeons don't distract the world's hardest hitting players

July 3, 2010, Wimbledon: Dawn is breaking over Wimbledon, and there are five hours to go before the public is admitted for a day of tennis. But Rufus is already at Gate 5, his photo ID pass electronically checked, waiting to enter Centre Court for a hard morning of hunting.

Rufus and Davis are checked by security as they enter the venue; Rufus has his own photo ID pass

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