Ten endangered flamingos were rescued after smugglers were caught trying to travel them from Tunisia, according to the country's customs body.
Photos of birds packed in crates with wings, legs and tied torsions were published by The Force Online.
Flamingos were rescued near the Algerian border on Sunday, with “loaded on a truck carrying a Tunisian registration slab”, Officials said in a statementS
The birds are already safely returned to their natural habitat, added employees, “as part of the effort to preserve the species.”
But it is unclear what action is being taken against the alleged smugglers.
It is illegal to hunt or smuggle Flamingo in Tunisia because they are protected by the Tunisian law.
Other flamingo threats include contamination and fever caused by human -induced climate change, environmentalists say, causing the habitats of the flamingos wetlands to shrink.
The larger flamingo, or Phoenicopterus roseus To use its scientific name is cited as an endangered species by the International Union for Nature Protection.
Still, there is some good news, as the data collected over the last decade show a well -known population.
Recent estimates suggest that there are at least half a million Left in nature.
North Africa is a stop among many for these migrating birds that have also been noticed in Europe, West Africa and Asia.
Hot poultry surveillance points for Flamingo include Derba Island near the southeast coast of Tunisia, and the Korba lagoon north.