HARD TO SWALLOW: Public Anti-Littering Appeal As Storks Suffocate Mistaking Rubber Bands For Worms

Image shows content from a stork's stomach tightly tied together, undated photo. Stork deaths in the Saalekreis district, Saxony-Anhalt State, Germany, have increased. Note: Licensed content. (State Office for Consumer Protection/Newsflash) Image shows content from a stork's stomach tightly tied together, undated photo. Stork deaths in the Saalekreis district, Saxony-Anhalt State, Germany, have increased. Note: Licensed content. (State Office for Consumer Protection/Newsflash)
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26 July 2023
Authorities in Germany have appealed to the public to abstain from littering hiking paths with rubbish, as at least two storks have suffocated after mistaking rubber bands for worms. The Consumer Protection Agency in Saxony-Anhalt State, Central Germany, ordered an autopsy of two white...