Egg theft happy ending

[Dumpsterkitty]

http://arbroath.blogspot.com/2014/05/peregrine-falcons-born-in-police.html

 Peregrine falcons born in police custody after smuggling swoop

Eleven rare peregrine falcons were born in custody after police managed to stop a man smuggling their eggs out of the country.



Officers from West Midlands Police kept the eggs warm on a computer terminal at Birmingham International Airport until a police wildlife rescue unit arrived.

Eleven of the 14 eggs recovered by officers from the force's Counter-Terrorism Unit hatched.



The birds will now be returned to the wild.

[MAK]

That second pic with the two groups of four looks like they are gossiping in separate cliques! 

[patsy6]

Oh my Lord!  What a strange story, thankfully with a happy ending!  I wonder why the eggs were being smuggled out of the country. I also wonder if they will be returned to their own parents, and if their parents will take them in now that they've interacted with humans. 

[carly]

Oh my Lord!  What a strange story, thankfully with a happy ending!  I wonder why the eggs were being smuggled out of the country. I also wonder if they will be returned to their own parents, and if their parents will take them in now that they've interacted with humans.  

There is a lucrative market in the Middle East for peregrine falcon eggs.  This is not the first time it's happened over there.