STORK CAPTURED AS SPY IN EGYPT FOUND DEAD

As reported a few days ago, a stork was captured and imprisoned in Egypt under the suspicion of being a spy. 

 

The poor stork had a type of band on its leg that is commonly used for migratory bird tracking. 

 

This is the sad end of this bird, victim of suspicion and ignorance.

 

BREIBART - A stork once detained by Egyptian authorities on suspicion of being a winged spy has been found dead.

Mahmoud Hassib, the head of Egypt's southern protected areas, said Saturday that local residents found the dead bird on an island in the Nile, south of the ancient city of Aswan.

In August, a local resident found the stork in Egypt's Qena governorate, some 450 kilometers (280 miles) southeast of Cairo. Both he and police were suspicious of the European wildlife tracker found on it. Authorities later let the bird go.

However, controversy trails the bird into death. An Egyptian wildlife organization claimed on its Facebook page the bird was "eaten by local villagers." Hassib denied that the bird had been eaten, though he didn't know an exact cause of death.

 

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Our report of September 3, 2013:

STORK ARRESTED IN EGYPT ON CHARGES OF ESPIONAGE

The stork was carrying an electronic device, a very common tracking device attached to migratory birds' legs and used for animal scientific research.

See picture of poor stork behind bars - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2407948/Bird-thats-ruffling-government-feathers-Stork-suspected-SPY-detained-police-Egypt.html

More animal conspiracy theories
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel-related_animal_conspiracy_theories

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