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ENEMY ANIMALS

AGENT PIGEON

A pigeon with a coded ring on its leg was captured by Indian locals near the border of the contested Jammu and Kashmir region. The pink-painted pigeon was caught in a village in the Kathu district after it flew into a resident’s home. It was alleged that the bird had flown across the border.

“We don’t know where the bird has come from. We have found a ring tagged to its foot on which some numbers are written,” an official said. India’s Border Security Force passed the pigeon on to the police, who launched an investigation, logging the animal as

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