- A pigeon accused of spying for China has lastly been cleared of suspicion in India.
- It spent eight months in captivity after being discovered with markings that resembled Chinese language characters.
- The pigeon was launched by Mumbai authorities on Tuesday, native media and PETA reported.
A pigeon detained in India for eight months was launched on Tuesday after police cleared it of suspicions that it was a spy fowl for China, the news agency Press Trust of India reported.
The fowl was initially caught at a port in Mumbai in Could with rings tied to its legs that resembled Chinese language characters, the Associated Press reported.
It was taken to the Bai Sakarbai Dinshaw Petit Hospital for Animals as a result of police suspected it was used for spying, per the outlet.
Animal activist group Individuals for the Moral Therapy of Animals (PETA) mentioned on Thursday that its department in India helped safe the pigeon’s freedom.
“The group discovered that in Could 2023, police had discovered the pigeon with an illegible message written on her wings,” PETA said in a statement.
Bombay Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
PETA contacted police and obtained a certificates for the fowl’s launch, the group mentioned.
The pigeon was later found to be a racing fowl from Taiwan that escaped and flew to India, based on the AP.
Bombay Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
A Taiwan Pigeon Racing Affiliation spokesperson instructed Taipei-based daily Taiwan News that whereas the fowl could have flown from the island to India, it is unclear whether or not the pigeon actually was a racing fowl since police did not launch its serial quantity.
The pigeon was put in custody of the Bombay Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, which launched the fowl after it was checked by veterinarians, per the AP.
Bombay Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Indian authorities have detained different pigeons on comparable suspicions earlier than.
One such fowl was taken into custody in 2016 after it was present in Kashmir with a observe threatening Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
One other was detained and x-rayed in 2015 after being captured alongside the India-Pakistan border with a observe in Urdu stamped on its feathers.
