From the BBC....
Egyptian authorities detained a stork
last week on suspicion of espionage, mistaking its migration tag for spying
equipment. In fact the stork was innocent - like a number of other animals
falsely accused over the years of undercover work, writes Mohamed Madi.
In 2011, Saudi authorities arrested a high-flying vulture on suspicion that it was flying missions for Israel's famously ingenious Mossad agency. And a spate of shark attacks near the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh in 2010 was blamed by one TV station on GPS-controlled predators planted by Israel in order to harm the Egyptian tourism industry.
Iran has also felt threatened by animal agents. In 2007 the Iranian army arrested a team of 14 "spy squirrels" found near a nuclear enrichment plant. Officials said they succeeded in apprehending the suspects "before they were able to take any action".
Read the rest of the story ..... BBC
I am especially interested in the team of 14 "spy squirrels" - I am sure I have some at my house!
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