When Larry Wilmes tells the story about how he became a pigeon fancier, it starts with a long ride from Mankato to Pipestone in the back seat of a 1960s Plymouth. He was just a kid, a fledgling bird ...

BAY CITY — A heavy blanket of snow did not deter pigeon aficionados from flocking to the Bay County Community Center Saturday for the 74th annual Bay City Pigeon Fancier Show. Rows upon rows of cooing ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Mike Tyson -- heavyweight boxing champion, convicted rapist, occasional actor and, it seems, top-flight pigeon fancier. Tyson, 44, the boxer who famously bit off part of ...

The Penrith Pavilion is filled with the sound of 3,000 cooing pigeons as fanciers from around the country descend on western Sydney for the Australian National Pigeon Association's (ANPA) annual show.

From a building facing Havana’s iconic Malecon waterfront, pigeon keepers crane out of a window, intently watching the grey birds take flight. Mostly staying indoors due to the country’s worst ...

A man who has been racing pigeons for decades has been forced to give up the sport because of a feather allergy. Jason Dempsey, from Maryport, Cumbria, got into the hobby when he was just eight years ...

The last of Lancaster city's pigeon fanciers may get to keep their prized birds after all. Encouraged by Mayor Rick Gray, the city Board of Health voted unanimously Monday at a special hearing to let ...

Working abroad in a conflict zone is a treacherous task for anyone, let alone a young, relatively inexperienced female journalist. Photographer Amanda Mustard entered Egypt during the height of unrest ...

A pigeon fancier in Lahore has claimed to have bred a cross-breed of local pigeons that can continuously fly high in the open for hours. The flying capacity of these pigeons was said to be further ...

CARLOW'S PIGEON Racing club held a pigeon show in the Dolmen hotel in Carlow to raise money for Down Syndrome Ireland. This year €5,500 was raised adding to make the total the show has raised to ...

Pigeon racing is taking off in China. Eight thousand of the birds were released into the winter sky in northern Hebei province last month, one of the many long-distance races holding out a promise of ...

“Sociologists believe that a society without theater is not a happy one. Watching plays can help children grow more social and more intelligent. Watching theater is necessary for children. Those ...