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How Bambi met James Bond to save Israel's 'extinct' deers from Iran

By Charles Levinson

  • FEBRUARY 1, 2010
  • How Bambi Met James Bond to Save Israel's 'Extinct' Deer

    It Took Cloak-and-Dagger Effort to Return Creatures From Iran to Biblical Home

    JERUSALEMOn Nov. 28, 1978, as Iran was hurtling toward Islamic revolution, zoologist Mike Van Grevenbroek landed at Tehran's Mehrabad Airport, coming from Tel Aviv, carrying a blow-dart gun disguised as a cane and secret orders from an Israeli general.

    His mission: to capture four Persian fallow deer and deliver them to Israel before the shah's government collapsed.



        
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