Border dispute between nuclear powers India and China: “Conflicts with consequences for global security” threaten. India held a pigeon for eight months.
The suspicion: The bird is a Chinese spy. Mumbai police found Chinese characters on the bird's leg rings and detained it. He was later forgotten - until local animal welfare activists remembered the fate of the pigeon. Veterinarians then concluded that the imprisoned bird was a carrier pigeon that had escaped from Taiwan and made it to India. The veterinarians handed the pigeon over to an animal welfare organization, which released it at the beginning of February.