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The
Lebanese government returned a vulture, which it mistakenly thought to be a
Mossad spy, back to Israel, according to the radio station Reshet Bet.
Earlier
this week, residents of the Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil caught a
griffon vulture which had a GPS transmitter. People thought the bird
of prey belonged to the Israeli Special Service and that it flew
to Lebanon to gather intelligence. Bint Jbeil is about 4 km away
from Israel's border.
"Reports
passed to us show the vulture tied with a rope by local people
who write that they suspect Israeli espionage, apparently because of the
transmitter attached to him," Israel's nature reserve authorities
were quoted as saying, according to the Guardian.
However,
when members of the Lebanese Secret Service inspected the bird, they found
Israeli
ornithologists were contacted who immediately identified the bird based
on its description and pictures. Turns out, the bird of prey was
brought to Israel from Spain last year to increase the
population of griffon vultures in the country, the source said.
After
Lebanese authorities learned that the vulture was not a ‘spy' working
for Israel, the bird was set free in the same area it was caught,CNN said.
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