One of the storks of the bell tower of Mignete was found dead with a broken neck

In Mignete, in the garden of the oratory, a stork with a broken neck was found and it is assumed that she was killed by a few shots from a carbine.

He is about to end up run over, his mother saves him

In Mignete, a hamlet of Zelo, in the Lodi area, storks were at home but unfortunately, last Saturday, a specimen was found dead in the courtyard of the SS Filippo e Giacomo oratory. His neck was broken and bloodied.

To give news of the discovery of the oratory of the church where the storks had found "home" in the bell tower of Mignete:

This afternoon we noticed that in the courtyard of our Oratory there was the body of one of the Storks on the ground ... we entered the oratory to check we immediately noticed that the Stork was dead ... We are very sorry because here in Mignete to see them fly and throw from the bell tower, it is always a wonder ... when they pass over your head with all their wings spread, they are really beautiful ... the body of the Stork was taken away from the veterinary section of the ATS Milano del Nord Lodigiano ... on Monday an autopsy will be performed to try to understand the causes of death ... there was a lot of blood loss ... We only hope that the death is due to the heat or to a "fight" between storks ... We thank all the people we contacted for how to best manage the "situation" ... I am all were precious and useful (Parish Priest, Mayor, Lipu, Local Police, ATS Milan) ... Thanks even though it was Saturday afternoon in an hour everything has been resolved ... now it remains only to ascertain the causes ...

Posted by Oratorio SS Filippo e Giacomo – Mignete on Saturday, June 29, 2019

As the citizen reports the stork would have died from a few rifle shots, probably shot at the specimen and its family. But the oratory itself on its Facebook page denies and criticizes the hasty conclusions, declaring that the causes of death are not yet clear, hoping for a quarrel between storks:

"Today, as head of the Oratory of Mignete, I am asked if I had made any statements regarding the dead Stork found in the courtyard of the Oratory ... Since no official communication has yet been released, and having not issued any statement, clearly the answer was no ... This request for information is due to the publication of an article in #IlCittadino that speaks of the Stork in question, whose death it is reported that the cause was a double rifle shot. I would like to repeat that no official communication has yet reached us or #Lipu and so for now I would not like to comment on this possible cause ... "

Today, as head of the Mignete Oratory, I am asked if I had made any statements to ...

Posted by Oratorio SS Filippo e Giacomo – Mignete on Wednesday, July 3, 2019

And always Davide Ferrari, head of the oratory, said:

"As an Oratory we are in daily contact with the person who follows the Cicogne at the regional level (Mr. Pierfrancesco Coruzzi from #Lipu) who will notify us immediately as soon as there is an official communication from ATS Milan on the causes that caused the death of a of the Cicogne present on our bell tower, it will be our concern together with #Lipu to inform you immediately. "

What is certain is that on the bell tower of Mignete, a hamlet of Zelo, there is now one less stork. The whole community she is saddened by the sad loss and hopeful, like us, that it was only an accident and not something more serious, or rather avoluntary killing, as in the excruciating case of the swan beaten to death in Recoaro, whose female was allowed to die 48 hours later.