Article: Pigeon passion breeds success; Bird racing holds Taiwanese captive.(WORLD)(BRIEFING: PACIFIC RIM)

Article: Racing pigeons flock in Taiwan; Dozens of ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  December 4, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... ENAV Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan - Pigeon racing traces its ... are birdnappers who ransom racing pigeons to owners. Several times a ... pigeon racing is so popular on Taiwan - gambling," he says. Yeh ... graduate of the prestigious Taiwan National University. Li says ...

Article: RACING PIGEONS HEAD HOME IN RECORD TIME.(AT HOME)
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  June 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... cloudless sky, Hartmut talked about what goes into training racing pigeons. 'A young bird, the ones born after December, will start ... money races, birds are tested for drugs. Imagine. And in Taiwan, birds race for a grand prize of $1 million. 'In our club ...

Article: Scottish racing pigeons killed by Peregrine Falcons ...
Bird Study;  March 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Aims To assess the numbers of Scottish racing pigeons taken by Peregrines, based on the ... the biomass and number of Scottish racing pigeons taken based on the Peregrines' mean ... Estimates of the number of Scottish racing pigeons killed by Peregrines, during the 2002 ...

Article: Inferno kills 77 racing pigeons ; A Grimsby man is ...
Grimsby Telegraph;  April 13, 2009 ;     488 words ... ... his garden shed - killing 77 of his racing pigeons. Keith Smith (50), of Evesham Avenue ... two sheds was on fire - with all my racing pigeons in there." The shed was completely ... shattering moment for Keith, who has been racing pigeons since he was 15. "I enjoy it as a ...

Article: Pigeons built for speed: Racing pigeons come home
AP Worldstream;  December 9, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... in the suburbs to make room for the racing pigeons, animals that seem to be getting more ... gains about 100 new members a month. Racing pigeons are fitted with a leg band and transported ... calculated, and the fastest one wins. Racing pigeons can fly 40-60 miles per hour (60 ...

Article: Racing pigeons stolen and sold for meat trade
Lincolnshire Echo;  May 10, 2007 ;     573 words ...Racing pigeons stolen from a loft in Lincolnshire ... an eye out for the birds after 40 racing pigeons were taken during a raid on a pigeon ... has reimbursed him." Altogether 20 racing pigeons were returned to their rightful owner ...

Article: Romanian association urges authorities not to cull racing ...
AP Worldstream;  March 13, 2006 ;     324 words ... ... not to cull the country's 800,000 racing pigeons, arguing that the birds were not carriers ... deadly H5N1 strain of the flu virus. "Racing pigeons have a strict diet and are vaccinated ... the union said by telephone that some racing pigeons in eastern and southern Romania had ...