Wednesday, November 02, 2005
Lock up your pigeons!
Pigeon fanciers are up in arms after being ordered to lock up their precious birds for fear of spreading the dreaded bird flu. The president of the Tenerife Federation of Pigeon Breeders and Racers has accused the regional government of over-reacting and creating “unjustifiable alarm”. He said the ban on races is disproportionate.
Flocks of racing pigeons are a common sight in these islands where some 500,000 birds are registered with the respective provincial federations. The Canaries are, in fact, the leading region in Spain for pigeon fanciers and Tenerife tops the two provinces which make up the region when it comes to pigeon lofts.
Lock up your pigeons!
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