An integral part of the Wimbledon tennis tournament for the last many years, Rufus went missing for a few days during the two weeks of this year's tournament. He was in a car when he was kidnapped (which may not be, technically, the best term to describe his misfortune).
Rufus was found a few days later and was able to resume duties at Wimbledon once again. He usually goes to work in the mornings before and evenings after play.
Who is he and what does he do?
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Rufus is a hawk used to scare away pigeons from the courts and preventing additional, unplanned white markings on the hallowed grasscourts. The BBC
has more on this.