Somewhere on the cavernous loft floor, cooing softly from inside a stack of crates, a feathered fortune waits for its moment to shine. It’s “basketing day” for Asia’s richest pigeon race, held in ...

LIMBURG, Belgium — The Chinese businessmen arrived in the Belgian countryside driving luxury sports cars, ferrying translators and bags of cash. When they parked in front of Tom Van Gaver’s small ...

The fate of an unauthorised pigeon loft built without permission near terraced houses in a town’s conservation area is set to be decided next week. It could be decided by a higher committee of Pendle ...

Anatolii Vusatyi, a Ukrainian refugee preparing for his new life in Minnesota, needed to know: Did his family’s house have space in the backyard for a small pigeon loft? He had already been separated ...

The French army ceased to rely on messenger pigeons back in 1961, following the Algerian war of independence. But carrier pigeons still take part in military ceremonies and races, honouring the memory ...

Derby City Pigeon Rescue, founded in 2024 by Meredith Saunders-Mattingly, cares for pigeons in need in Louisville and beyond. The rescue has found homes for over 40 pigeons and uses TikTok to raise ...

On Tuesday, the Towamensing Township Zoning Hearing Board denied a request for a homing pigeon business in the township. Damon Graves and Kate Hillenbrand were appealing a zoning variance to ...

The first supervised pigeon house in Salzgitter went into operation in Fredenberg at the beginning of April. It is looked after by the pigeon angels of the Stark für Tiere e.V. association. During an ...

In a pigeon coop in a suburban Queensland backyard, you'll find birds, feed, bedding — and two girls. For cousins Hayley Kruger, 12, and Elyn Andreasen, nine, this is their slice of paradise. Hayley ...

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Before the internet and telephone, societies relied on homing pigeons to relay important news across long distances. Here are three classic examples. Homing pigeons–which are pigeons trained by humans ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The National Aviary is welcoming a baby chick just in time for the holidays. The aviary says its Victoria crowned pigeons Isabella and Ferdinand have hatched another baby together.