25 Nov, 2024 @ 16:17
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Watch: Moment vulture descends on tourists in Spain’s Mijas before being rescued by police

THIS is the moment a vulture caused a scene in Mijas Pueblo at the weekend.

The bird of prey was filmed perched on the awning of a clothes shop in front of shocked tourists.

It then opened up its wings and flew down to the ground as people recorded the animal on their phones.

At one point the bird begins heading towards the man who is filming it on his mobile as he is heard saying: “I’m going, im going!”

The footage was shared on the community Instagram page Fuengirolasequeja.

The griffon vulture was eventually rescued by the Policia Local de Mijas.

They were helped by specialised personnel from the Centre for the Recovery of Endangered Species.

The bird was transferred away from the town to be reintroduced to its natural habitat, reports Area Costa del Sol.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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