How the hell does a pigeon fly that far? I've never seen one in flight for more than 5 seconds?
How the hell does a pigeon fly that far? I've never seen one in flight for more than 5 seconds?
It's a fabricated story. False tag on pigeon.
It's a fabricated story. False tag on pigeon.
Waste of time. The article has a retraction way at the very bottom.
UPDATE
The bird is likely to be Australian and its blue racing band, indicating it came from the U.S., is fake, Australia’s Department of Agriculture later said.
“Following an investigation, the department has concluded that Joe the Pigeon is highly likely to be Australian and does not present a biosecurity risk,” the department said in a statement Friday.
“What a relief to know that Joe the Pigeon found in Australia does not wear a genuine [racing] band,” the American Pigeon Racing Union said in a statement on Facebook.
“The pigeon found in Australia sports a counterfeit band and need not be destroyed per biosecurity measures, because his actual home is in Australia,” the statement added. “It is a disappointment that false information spreads so quickly, but we are appreciative that the real pigeon did not stray from the U.S.”
Waste of time. The article has a retraction way at the very bottom.
> **UPDATE**
> The bird is likely to be Australian and its blue racing band, indicating it came from the U.S., is fake, Australia’s Department of Agriculture later said.
> “Following an investigation, the department has concluded that Joe the Pigeon is highly likely to be Australian and does not present a biosecurity risk,” the department said in a statement Friday.
> “What a relief to know that Joe the Pigeon found in Australia does not wear a genuine [racing] band,” the American Pigeon Racing Union said in a statement on Facebook.
> “The pigeon found in Australia sports a counterfeit band and need not be destroyed per biosecurity measures, because his actual home is in Australia,” the statement added. “It is a disappointment that false information spreads so quickly, but we are appreciative that the real pigeon did not stray from the U.S.”
Next thing you know they will say it brought over some type of bird flu and they will need to start mass cullings of wild and farm birds across Australia, then when the coming insect blooms kill off the crops and most of the poultry is dead the population will starve while China blockades any food shipments.
Next thing you know they will say it brought over some type of bird flu and they will need to start mass cullings of wild and farm birds across Australia, then when the coming insect blooms kill off the crops and most of the poultry is dead the population will starve while China blockades any food shipments.
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