Pigeon racing is taking off in China. Eight thousand of the birds were released into the winter sky in northern Hebei province last month, one of the many long-distance races holding out a promise of ...

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Ron Actis paced his back yard and scanned the skies above Kirker Pass for his pigeons racing home from Nevada. It was a 180-mile, four-hour-plus romp for the birds. It was an exhilarating and ...

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BLANDFORD, Mass. (THE WESTFIELD NEWS) – Some rural and hill town children aren’t satisfied with playing Pokemon Go. Instead, they prefer to race pigeons. The sport of pigeon racing is an international ...

Any minute … any minute now, Herb Cartmell’s racing pigeons should swoop in from the southwest, over the roofline of his Woodinville home, round and round the ...

Pigeon fancier Katie Adwas poses at her loft in Knayton, northern England August 21, 2012. Topcliffe club secretary Adwas has been racing since 1996 and spends 15 hours a week on her 100 pigeons. Over ...