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including on rooftops and poles, without lawful authority.","Approach nesting storks with drones or vehicles in a way that drives them off.","Capture, feed or keep wild storks.","Present the folk tale that storks deliver babies as fact to children who ask in earnest."],"requiresHuman":["Moving a nest from a power pole or roof for safety."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Storks depend on wetlands and safe migration routes that people are losing.","Rooftop nests bring storks and people together; both need protection."],"affectedParties":["Storks","Householders with nests","Wetland communities"]},"owners":{"steward":"Nobody: wild birds protected by law; nature conservation authorities enforce the protection.","roles":[],"masterSystems":["National biodiversity and bird ringing databases"]},"relations":[{"target":"Q1420208","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q21716","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q3577415","type":"parent","note":"registry 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necks and heavy bills, flying with necks outstretched."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["explain species and biology","relay migration and conservation","describe folklore","distinguish from similar birds"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Confusing storks with herons and cranes","Habitat loss and power line collisions","Treating folklore as biology"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["Wildlife protection laws and the Bonn Convention on migratory species","IUCN Red List assessments","Nest protection rules in Europe"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Not applicable; a bird family.","Ciconia storks including the white and black stork","Mycteria storks including the yellow-billed stork","Leptoptilos storks including the marabou and adjutants","the jabiru and saddle-billed stork","openbills"]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q28507: stork","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28507","note":"identity and sense of 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