Pigeon lovers flock to city convention
Bird fanatics swooped to the Liverpool exhibition centre to meet like-minded people and take part in the Royal Pigeon Racing Association’s UK Olympiad this weekend. The event, which brought people from...
View ArticleArizona Woman Finds Gray Pigeon Dressed To Impress
The bird was wearing a specially made vest decorated with gold and silver rhinestones. It was turned into a shelter, which posted a photo of it and its bedazzled outfit — trying to locate the owner....
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Unpopular Opinions: All Hail Pigeons
I’m surrounded by people who root for underdogs. Iran winning the World Cup? My cousins can dream. A career in engineering? I’d bet money that my mother still holds out hope I’ll have one. Deciding...
View ArticleBedazzled pigeon that flew the coop reunited with owners in Peoria
Birds of a feather were brought back together in Peoria Tuesday afternoon. Olive, a pet pigeon, flew the coop from its home in north Phoenix on Nov. 7, its owners say. It spent several days on its own...
View ArticleBedazzled Pigeon Is Reunited With His Owner After Being Missing for Days
One bedazzled pigeon will live to shine another day after getting lost last week. The pigeon was wearing a flight suit with rhinestones when he was found on a woman’s back porch in Phoenix, Arizona....
View ArticleHoming in on city’s pigeon problem
Among the most famous images of London’s Trafalgar Square is one of people feeding pigeons in its grounds. And closer to home, feeding these birds was a favourite pastime on the weekends around the...
View ArticleFlying squad called in to tackle pigeon menace for diners at Chatham Maritime
Nuisance pigeons have ruffled a few feathers among diners at restaurants at Chatham Maritime. And now site managers have chosen a humane way of getting rid of the pests – they have brought in a flying...
View ArticleFrom pigeons to students: India’s never ending fear of ‘Pakistani Spies’
Two Pakistani students on Monday rubbished claims by Indian police and media which accused them of having crossed the border and labelled them terrorists. The students, who are enrolled in a madressah...
View ArticleSICK PIGEON CAME TO THE VET FOR HELP
The bird had a broken wing. Doctors one of the clinics of Omsk (Russia) during the working day he heard a knock at the door. The doctors opened it and saw on the threshold of a pedigree white pigeon....
View ArticleNaturalist speaking on passenger pigeons, Kirtland’s warblers and whooping...
Author and naturalist Joel Greenberg will be the featured speaker on the fate of three birds — passenger pigeons, Kirtland’s warblers and whooping cranes – at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, at the Prospect...
View ArticlePolice in Yorkshire catch man shooting pigeons to use as bait to recapture...
Bizarrely, the man explained that he was trying to use the birds as bait to recapture his pet owl, which had escaped. He was caught in a public area of woodland near Wakefield and had his children with...
View ArticleFierce falcons from Britain keep Hamilton’s pigeons at bay
I recently took my niece and her partner, visiting from Montreal, on a downtown walking tour. We came off James North and headed along MacNab toward the Farmers’ Market. And there in the grey sky to...
View ArticlePUREBRED PIGEON CAME FOR HELP TO THE VETS
X-rays show that the dove was a fracture of the humerus. The staff of “AVETA” have decided to enlist the help of colleagues from other veterinary clinic specialist in the diseases of birds. There are...
View Article‘Pigeon’ comes to Guddan’s rescue in Guddan… Tumse Na Ho Payega
Zee TV’s popular show Guddan… Tumse Na Ho Payega (Ved Raj’s Shoonya Square Productions) will see a cute track involving a pigeon who will become Guddan’s (Kanika Mann) pet and confidante in quick time....
View ArticleAnne Hegerty battles cockroaches, fish guts and a room full of pigeons in I’m...
In a memorable segment, Anne fought through fish guts, a shower of cockroaches and an operating theatre filled with pigeons to bring back the stars. The team gave Anne some motivation before she went...
View ArticleIntroduced species make the Coast home
My last column dealt with introduced species of birds such as the Mandarin duck and game birds such as pheasants and turkeys. On the Sunshine Coast we have four other species that qualify as...
View ArticlePiers Morgan accosted by pigeons
The TV star looked shocked as one of the creatures flapped its wings in his face before pooing on Susanna Reid’s notes and going rogue in the studio earlier today. Earlier this month, Piers was mocked...
View ArticleThe pigeons cruelly dumped by the side of the road
Six ’emaciated’ pigeons were dumped in a box and abandoned by the side of the road. One of the birds had already starved to death by the time the grim discovery – on Cherry Tree Drive in Hazel Grove,...
View ArticleCouple give new home, life to pigeon
Bill and Cheri Buchbinder don’t have cats or dogs or rabbits. They have Donald. The gray- and brown-speckled rock pigeon became a fan of the couple’s birdbath and feeder last May, and that fondness...
View ArticleCelebrating 75 years of animal bravery from heroic horses, daring dogs to...
A dog, pigeon, horse and cat all proudly wear PDSA Dickin Medals alongside members of the RAF, Army and Royal Navy. To mark the milestone 75th anniversary of the PDSA Dickin Medal – the animals’...
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