Gandalf the vulture, who triggered an alert in Scottish airspace after flying off during a display at a bird of prey center, is safely back where she belongs.
Gandalf, a seven-year-old female Ruppell’s Griffon vulture, was performing at the World of Wings bird of prey center in Cumbernauld, near Glasgow, on Aug. 17 when she flew off.
Pilots using Glasgow Airport were warned of the potential danger, as Gandalf can fly at the same altitude as commercial aircraft.
The vulture was spotted hanging around near an old brickworks in nearby Falkirk.
Joanna Timson, one of the falconers at World of Wings, said: “She’s back with us safe and sound. We got her back on Saturday night but we wanted a vet to check her.
“She had lost a pound (454g) in weight. We don’t think she ate much while she was away. She was so pleased to see us that she flew straight toward us when we got out of a van at the site where she was spotted.”
Timson said Gandalf was back performing in public displays, exhausted but on form having slept off her adventures.(AFP)
禿鷹甘道夫之前飛離猛禽中心，並曾引起蘇格蘭領空飛航警戒，最近終於安全地飛回家了。
甘道夫是隻七歲大的黑白兀鷲。八月十七日甘道夫飛走當天，她正在格拉斯哥附近，位於坎伯諾爾德的翼世界猛禽中心表演。
由於甘達夫可以飛得跟商用機一樣高，所以使用格拉斯哥機場的飛行員都接到有潛在危險的警告。
禿鷹在法克爾克附近，以磚頭砌成的老建築周圍被人發現。
翼世界的一位獵鷹訓練者喬安娜•提姆森說，「她終於平安的回來了。我們星期六晚上收到她，並找獸醫把她檢查一遍。」
「她體重減少了一磅（四百五十公克）。我們認為她不在的時候應該沒吃多少東西吧。當我們在她被發現的地方走下貨車時，她便高興得直接向我們飛過來。」
提姆森說，甘達夫又回到公開展示區表演，雖然精疲力盡，但過去的事情睡了一覺後便沒事了。（法新社╱翻譯：吳岱璟）
Jiang Yiwu paced the small room and wondered how the leader of the Literary Society had got here. He could hear the Russian and Manchu police outside. They were looking for him. The Russians controlled the railways now, cutting through China, taking land and resources. The people were angry, and so was he. The revolution was almost ready. But things went wrong. Sun Wu, a key leader, lay in the hospital with critical wounds. The explosives were meant for the revolution but detonated by accident. Sun and the revolutionary plans were discovered by the police. Jiang grimaced at the
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