He watches over the animals with fatherly pride. This grandson of an earlier military pigeon breeder has raised many of this generation himself. On the day of the NZZ’s visit, a new brood hatches.

"I love getting to form a bond with my pigeons and have a relationship with them," she says. Special breeds of the bird are ...

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A pigeon fancier was left devastated after 400 prize racers were stolen. The distressed bird breeder lost over one million Indian Rupees (9,800 GBP) worth of pigeons, which were allegedly stolen ...

On hand at the unveiling was veteran pigeon breeder John McMullan, who trained Paddy and was a friend of Captain Hughes. "Paddy was the last pigeon to be let go by the Americans in Normandy and he ...