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Bird Named Joe: Why a Pigeon that Narrowly Escaped Death in Australia is Making News
The racing pigeon, first spotted in late Dec. 2020, appears to have made an extraordinary 13,000-kilometer (8,000-mile) Pacific Ocean crossing from the United States to Australia.
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Australia had declared Joe- the pigeon- a biodecurity threat and had ordered its killing, but a last minute revelation saved its life.
Last Updated:January 15, 2021, 19:19 IST
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The pigeon that faced death sentence in Australia after being declared a biosecurity risk got a reprieve after a US bird organization 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, 3,000 kilometers (8,000 miles) away, two months earlier.