It's a hobby favoured by Mike Tyson, with a huge legion of worldwide fans and prizes worth millions of dollars. Yes, the stakes are sky high in the world of pigeon racing. Take the Sun City Million ...

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Pigeon fanciers across the region have denied their hobby is cruel to birds. Animal welfare charity Peta (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) claim an average of 75% of birds in cross-Channel ...

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Pigeon fanciers face being evicted from their allotment by the body that runs the UK's rail network. Mick Ready and Paul Smith said their shared hobby of almost four decades was at risk because ...

He is set to sell the pigeons to others in the pigeon racing community, and added: “Fingers crossed they’ll go to a good home.” It is believed there are approximately 60,000 pigeon enthusiasts in the ...

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But pigeons, like rats, are infinitely adaptable, hence their remarkable survival, underlined by an amazing capacity to breed. And until the 1840s, when the telegraph was invented, pigeon post was ...