It's a hobby favoured by Mike Tyson, with a huge legion of worldwide fans and prizes worth millions of dollars. Yes, the stakes are sky high in the world of pigeon racing. Take the Sun City Million ...

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Pigeon fanciers across the region have denied their hobby is cruel to birds. Animal welfare charity Peta (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) claim an average of 75% of birds in cross-Channel ...

He is set to sell the pigeons to others in the pigeon racing community, and added: “Fingers crossed they’ll go to a good home.” It is believed there are approximately 60,000 pigeon enthusiasts in the ...

A pigeon fancier who is being evicted from his allotment by Network Rail says it has been "heart-wrenching" to sell his birds. Mick Ready was told in August that the rail provider wanted to close the ...

But pigeons, like rats, are infinitely adaptable, hence their remarkable survival, underlined by an amazing capacity to breed. And until the 1840s, when the telegraph was invented, pigeon post was ...