{"id":212845,"date":"2026-06-22T14:55:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T12:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=212845"},"modified":"2026-06-22T14:55:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T12:55:33","slug":"happy-ending-to-a-great-drama-serbian-imperial-eagle-felix-returns-home-after-being-captured-by-smugglers-in-the-middle-east-rescued-in-lebanon-from-dangerous-traffickers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/happy-ending-to-a-great-drama-serbian-imperial-eagle-felix-returns-home-after-being-captured-by-smugglers-in-the-middle-east-rescued-in-lebanon-from-dangerous-traffickers\/","title":{"rendered":"HAPPY ENDING TO A GREAT DRAMA: Serbian Imperial Eagle Felix Returns Home After Being Captured by Smugglers in the Middle East, Rescued in Lebanon from Dangerous Traffickers!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After nearly seven months of travel across the Middle East, Felix, a Serbian eastern imperial eagle, is finally returning home after being captured by wild bird smugglers in October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Flying from his native Ba\u010dka Topola, Felix crossed North Macedonia and Greece, followed the Turkish coastline, and eventually reached Syria, where he fell victim to traffickers. Fortunately, a partner organization of the Bird Protection and Study Society of Serbia in Lebanon managed to locate him and place him in a rescue shelter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Michel Sawwan runs a sanctuary in Zgharta, northern Lebanon, on the slopes of Mount Lebanon, dedicated to protecting injured migratory birds and rescuing birds kidnapped by rare wildlife traffickers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">READ MORE: <\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-serbiantimes-info wp-block-embed-serbiantimes-info\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"NS7RXaQJQ7\"><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/iranska-delegacija-napustila-pregovore-u-svajcarskoj-usledile-zestoke-pretnje-donalda-trampa-teheran-porucuje-da-nema-nastavka-razgovora-dok-se-ne-okonca-rat-u-libanu\/\">IRANSKA DELEGACIJA NAPUSTILA PREGOVORE U \u0160VAJCARSKOJ ZBOG TRAMPOVIH PRETNJI: Teheran poru\u010duje da nema nastavka razgovora dok se ne okon\u010da rat u Libanu!<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201eIRANSKA DELEGACIJA NAPUSTILA PREGOVORE U \u0160VAJCARSKOJ ZBOG TRAMPOVIH PRETNJI: Teheran poru\u010duje da nema nastavka razgovora dok se ne okon\u010da rat u Libanu!\u201c \u2014 Serbiantimes.info\" src=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/iranska-delegacija-napustila-pregovore-u-svajcarskoj-usledile-zestoke-pretnje-donalda-trampa-teheran-porucuje-da-nema-nastavka-razgovora-dok-se-ne-okonca-rat-u-libanu\/embed\/#?secret=2eunL8YO65#?secret=NS7RXaQJQ7\" data-secret=\"NS7RXaQJQ7\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFelix has been here since December of last year. We immediately established contact with the Serbian Embassy and bird and nature protection organizations in Serbia. Unfortunately, we attempted twice to return Felix to Serbia by plane, but both flights were canceled because of the war. Now the time has finally come to send him back to Serbia after more than six months spent in our bird shelter,\u201d said Dr. Michel Sawwan of the Injured Bird Protection Reserve in Zgharta, northern Lebanon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After months of difficulties and setbacks, thanks to Dr. Sawwan and the Lebanese Society for Migratory Birds, the assistance of the Serbian Embassy in Lebanon, and the Bird Protection and Study Society of Serbia, Felix is finally set to return home tomorrow aboard a military aircraft of the Republic of Serbia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">MORE TOPICS:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/third-time-in-a-month-a-bomb-was-thrown-at-a-bakery-in-borca-the-shop-window-and-canopy-were-destroyed-a-camera-recorded-the-attacker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>THIRD TIME IN A MONTH: A bomb was thrown at a bakery in Borca, the shop window and canopy were destroyed, a camera recorded the attacker!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/the-best-year-in-the-last-10-as-many-as-29-pairs-and-25-chicks-of-the-eastern-imperial-eagle-were-registered-in-serbia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">THE BEST YEAR IN THE LAST 10: As many as 29 pairs and 25 chicks of the Eastern imperial eagle were registered in Serbia!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/the-kecmanovics-announced-an-appeal-the-lawyer-claims-that-the-verdict-does-not-differ-from-the-previous-one-and-that-the-key-accusation-was-not-proven\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">THE KECMANOVICS ANNOUNCED AN APPEAL: The lawyer claims that the verdict does not differ from the previous one and that the key accusation was not proven!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/basketball-earthquake-in-denver-the-nuggets-want-to-bring-bogdan-bogdanovic-to-jokic-and-create-a-serbian-tandem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">BASKETBALL EARTHQUAKE IN DENVER: The Nuggets want to bring Bogdan Bogdanovic to Jokic and create a \u201cSerbian tandem\u201d!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/parents-of-the-boy-killer-from-ribnikar-found-guilty-here-is-how-many-years-in-prison-the-kecmanovics-were-sentenced-to\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">PARENTS OF THE BOY-KILLER FROM RIBNIKAR FOUND GUILTY: Here is how many years in prison the Kecmanovics were sentenced to!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rts.rs\/magazin\/priroda\/5978576\/feliks-orao-krstas-liban-povratak-u-srbiju.html\">RTS <\/a><strong>Foto:<\/strong> Wikipedia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After nearly seven months of travel across the Middle East, Felix, a Serbian eastern imperial eagle, is finally returning home after being captured by wild bird smugglers in October. 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