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.”