A pigeon initially believed to have made an 8,000-mile journey across the Pacific from Oregon to Australia was set to be killed because the country declared it a quarantine risk. But the bird has now been given a reprieve after its identifying leg band was deemed a fake.
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) " A pigeon that Australia declared a biosecurity risk has received a reprieve after a U.S. bird organization declared its identifying leg band was fake. The band suggested the bird found in a Melbourne backyard on Dec. 26 was a racing pigeon that had left the U.S. state of Oregon, 13,000 kilometers (8,000 miles) away, two months earlier. On that basis, Australian authorities on Thursday said they considered the bird a disease risk and planned to kill it. But Deone
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January 17, 2021
CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA (AP) A pigeon that Australia declared a biosecurity risk has received a reprieve after a United States (US) bird organisation declared its identifying leg band was fake.
The band suggested the bird found in a Melbourne backyard on December 26 was a racing pigeon that had left the US state of Oregon, 13,000 kilometres away, two months earlier.
On that basis, Australian authorities on Thursday said they considered the bird a disease risk and planned to kill it.
But Sport Development Manager for the Oklahoma-based American Racing Pigeon Union Deone Roberts said on Friday the band was fake.
The band number belongs to a blue bar pigeon in the US which is not the bird pictured in Australia, she said.