Syrian boy catches Israeli barn owl and sets it free.
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Stephanie
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2010-12-06 09:46
Owl, raised in a joint government-Tel Aviv University project, had an identifying ring; boy posts find in online birdwatching forum.
"Israeli
migrating birds end up in the strangest places – even in countries with
which it has no diplomatic relations.
A barn owl – one of six – raised in a nesting box on Kibbutz Kfar
Ruppin in the fields of the Beit She’an Valley and freed with an
identifying ring on its leg was caught last week by a boy in Syria 56
kilometers away." Read
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