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Bingi the pigeon

Pigeons are great. Don’t treat them as pests and vermin

A lot of people, perhaps most people, treat pigeons as pest and vermin. They don’t like the fact that they defecate. They don’t like the fact that there are lots of them. They don’t like the fact that they are successful. Humans don’t like other animals to be as successful as them. And on the …

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Intelligent pigeon learns to use a squirrel feeder (video)

Pigeons are smart. Yes, they are maligned and shot at and generally despised but they are still smart. Generally, people are ignorant about their intelligence. Perhaps people tend to hate pigeons because they use their smarts to survive and this irritates humans. They are one of the very few animals that are self-aware (with help) …

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Mike Tyson loves pigeons

Mike Tyson’s girlfriend killed, cooked and ate one of his pigeons

Mike Tyson, 55, the ‘baddest man on the planet’, is known for his love of birds. He cared for them while growing up in New York. He revealed that he knocked out a bin man when he was a youngster of 10-years-of age because the man had thrown his dead pet pigeon in the bin. …

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Unprecedented phenomenon: thousands of racing pigeons have not returned home

In a race from Peterborough to the north-east of England, it has been estimated that 40% of the 9,000 pigeons taking part have failed to return. Ian Evans, chief executive of the Royal Pigeon Racing Association (RPRA) said that they quickly knew something unusual had happened: “I’m 45 and have kept pigeons since I was …

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Pigeon obscures face of driver

Driver avoids speeding fine because flying pigeon obscures his face

Never criticise the humble pigeon again, please. The pigeon is considered a pest by many. I see them as having rights like any other animal. They are smart and wonderful navigators. And in this instance a driver in Berlin escaped a speeding fine because at the precise moment the camera snapped the car a pigeon …

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