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Arrested 'spy' stork killed and eaten after release in Egypt
Source: The Guardian
Arrested 'spy' stork killed and eaten after release in Egypt
Conal Urquhart
theguardian.com, Saturday 7 September 2013 15.33 BST
The stork that was detained by Egyptian police on suspicion of spying has been killed and eaten, days after its release.
Police detained the stork after a man saw a tag on it and caught it, suspecting it was a spying device. The stork had been tagged by zoologists to track its migration.
According to Nature Conservation Egypt, the White Stork, which they named Menes, was released into a conservation area in southern Egypt but flew to an island in the Nile where it was caught and eaten.
The group said on a Facebook post: "Storks have been part of the Nubian diet for thousands of years, so the actual act of eating storks is not in itself a unique practice. However, the short-lived success story of getting Menes released was not enough to keep him safe till he exited Egypt.
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Conal Urquhart
theguardian.com, Saturday 7 September 2013 15.33 BST
The stork that was detained by Egyptian police on suspicion of spying has been killed and eaten, days after its release.
Police detained the stork after a man saw a tag on it and caught it, suspecting it was a spying device. The stork had been tagged by zoologists to track its migration.
According to Nature Conservation Egypt, the White Stork, which they named Menes, was released into a conservation area in southern Egypt but flew to an island in the Nile where it was caught and eaten.
The group said on a Facebook post: "Storks have been part of the Nubian diet for thousands of years, so the actual act of eating storks is not in itself a unique practice. However, the short-lived success story of getting Menes released was not enough to keep him safe till he exited Egypt.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/07/arrested-spy-stork-killed-eaten-egypt