Waikato pigeon fancier Ray Hooker’s interest in his grandmother’s and father’s pigeons, budgies, canaries and cockatiels ended up with him being given the responsibility for them at 11 years old.

While there is a nonzero chance, it is highly unlikely that a pigeon you encounter will be infected with the virus and even less likely that a human will contract bird flu from it.

Alternatively, you can pay €0.50 per article, capped at €1 per day. THE WAIT has been a long one - but now, finally, it seems that the Kilkenny Pigeon Racing Club is to have a home of its own. THE ...

The Germans, aware that pigeons were being used to relay messages to the Allies, ordered a homing pigeon cull. Shortly after Tommy began his flight home he was spotted by a German sniper and shot ...

A medal awarded to a homing pigeon who helped the Dutch resistance during World War Two has been sold at auction for £30,000. Tommy, from Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria, was blown off course and ...

Build baby, build. That’s about the intellectual limit of the government’s housing strategy. Millions are under-housed, so let’s “bulldoze” the planning system and build more homes. But it’s not ...

Red eyes are caused when blood vessels in the sclera (white part of the eye) swell or burst. This may cause redness in part or all of the eye and result in other symptoms such as itchiness or blurred ...

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Their short legs are a garish red. Pure wild strains of the rock ... trained to accomplish important missions as carrier and homing pigeons. Escaped domestic pigeons have greatly altered the ...

Wood pigeons have a voracious appetite for brassicas, including spring cabbage, cauliflower and Brussels sprouts, and will deterrents quickly strip the leaves off these plants until they are down to ...

Eating foods high in key nutrients, including iron, folic acid, and vitamin B12, and limiting alcohol may help increase your red blood cell count. Red blood cells are the most common cells in ...