When Marco Palomares was a teen in his hometown of Morelia, Michoacan, a friend gave him two racing pigeons. His heart skipped a beat. The teen's delight was short-lived because ...

Pigeon racing began in Belgium in the 1800s and is the sport of releasing specially trained homing pigeons who then return to their loft, or home, over a measured distance.

One Loft Race winner Paul Millar with E49, his winning bird. Next to him are race organisers Tira Campbell, left, and Don Campbell.SUPPLIED / Western-Leader This season of one-loft pigeon racing ...

Cousins Hayley Kruger and Elyn Andreasen have embraced pigeon training after picking up their passion for the birds from their "Poppy".

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 ...

That’s when plans to build a pigeon loft emerged. While Murphy sadly passed away from cancer in 2021 before getting to see his birds race, Arena inherited his passion for the sport. Racing pigeons in ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Lighting from a thunderstorm in Hsinchu County’s Baoshan Township on Sunday (March 31) night caused a fire in a pigeon loft that killed 38 racing pigeons. The owner of the ...

A plan hatches: break into Jaan’s rooftop pigeon loft, just kitty-corner from downtown Portland’s First Baptist Church, plop The Granger into a pillowcase and sell him for the mortgage money.

PETA is urging King Charles III to cut ties with pigeon racing. A Sandringham spokesperson said the royal pigeon loft “adheres to all standards.” ...

An animal-rights group says it has bought and rehomed three pigeons from the King's estate in Sandringham, arguing that pigeon racing is cruel.

A typical loft for racing pigeons who competitively fly hundreds of miles to return home.