Pigeons

'Dirty Filthy Vermin'

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 16.05.2013 | UK

A council has vowed that anyone caught feeding a messy flock of pigeons in a shopping centre will be fined or taken to court. People feeding the bi...

Pigeon Racing: Finishing Dead Last

Ingrid Newkirk | Posted 03.04.2013 | UK Sport
Ingrid Newkirk

Illusions are worth shattering when they involve cruelty. It comes as a shock to many to learn that hundreds of thousands of pigeons are tossed into the air even when storms are predicted along their flight paths, and the fact that many will perish is well known to the racers.

Who's A Pretty Boy Then?! Painted Pigeons Descend On Venice

The Huffington Post UK | Sam Parker | Posted 27.10.2012 | Home

Pests, scavengers, 'rats with wings'... the common pigeon gets called a lot of things, but rarely are they labeled works of art. But over in St Mar...

Mystery Of The Missing Racing Pigeons

PA | Posted 25.08.2012 | UK

Pigeon racers say scores of their birds are mysteriously vanishing in what some claim is Britain's bird equivalent of the Bermuda Triangle. Fancier...