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  2. Pigeon racing - Wikipedia

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    Pigeon racing, Australia, 1945. The largest racing organisation in Australia is the Central Cumberland Federation. The state of Queensland also has a number of clubs and organisations. The biggest of these is the Qld Racing Pigeon Federation Inc (QRPF). Located in Brisbane, the QRPF has a long history dating back to the Second World War. Each ...

  3. Joe the Pigeon - Wikipedia

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    The pigeon was identified based on a leg ring that matched that of a racing pigeon from Oregon that had disappeared two months earlier, though the ring was later found to be counterfeit. The pigeon was scheduled to be euthanised as a biosecurity risk, but was released by the Australian government after being determined unlikely to be of foreign ...

  4. Pigeon keeping - Wikipedia

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    Duncan Ferguson, former Everton player, enjoys the sport of pigeon racing. [30] Queen Elizabeth II was a fourth generation member of the Royal Family who has enjoyed the sport of pigeon racing. [31] [32] The first racing pigeons at Sandringham were a gift to the future Edward VII by King Leopold II of Belgium in 1886.

  5. Pigeon deemed ‘biosecurity risk’ to be killed after traveling ...

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    Joe the racing pigeon, named for President-elect Joe Biden, has reached the end of his lengthy journey: an 8,000-mile trek from Oregon to a backyard in Officer, Australia, about 33 miles southeast ...

  6. Australia to kill pigeon that made extraordinary journey from ...

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    A racing pigeon has survived an extraordinary 13,000-kilometer (8,000-mile) Pacific Ocean crossing from the United States to find a new home in Australia. Now authorities consider the bird a ...

  7. Category:Pigeon racing - Wikipedia

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    Royal Pigeon Racing Association; U. Up North Combine This page was last edited on 12 June 2014, at 00:20 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...

  8. Pigeon sport - Wikipedia

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    There are at least four main types of competitive pigeon sport: Pigeon racing; Tumbling; Highflying; Tippler (Endurance) Though not quite a sport, fancy breeds of pigeons are also bred to standards and judged in a competitive fashion. Levi in his book The Pigeon describes all aspects of pigeon keeping.

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