This winter season is “extreme,” Pascal Bodengien, the head of the Belgian Pigeon Racing Federation, told The Associated Press. "Not a week goes by without a theft somewhere.” In one loft ...

RANST, Belgium -- Belgium's once pastoral pastime of pigeon racing has come to this: Drones swoop over lofts where valuable pigeons are housed to look for security weaknesses, laser sensors set ...

Two pigeons play in their loft in Ranst, Belgium, Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo) ...

RANST, Belgium (AP) — Belgium’s once pastoral pastime of pigeon racing has come to this: Drones swoop over lofts where valuable birds are housed to look for security weaknesses, laser sensors ...

Despite being intelligent, affectionate and actually very clean, pigeons have some of the worst PR around. But Gen Z are learning about the wonders of the pigeon and the essential role they played ...

Police in Vikarabad district busted an illegal pigeon racing and betting operation after locals reported suspicious activity. Two suspects, Shaik Munawar and Baba John, were apprehended and ...

Whanganui pigeon racing enthusiast Owen Ryan keeps a flock of 50 birds in his back garden. Photo / Eva de Jong Over the summer, Chronicle reporters have been trying something new under the ...

According to the city, “as per The Domestic Pigeon Control Bylaw 7640, no person shall keep more than a total of 90 pigeons, racing pigeons or show pigeons and of that number no more than 50 of such ...

How do humans do it? While researchers busied themselves probing how pigeons fly home, Finnerty grew up perfecting the art of training them to do it. From the time the male birds – known as ...