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. The veterinarians handed the pigeon over to an animal welfare organization, which released it at the beginning of February.