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By RON PETERSEN - Associated Press - Saturday, May 1, 2021
LINDSAY, Neb. (AP) - More than 3,000 years ago, the Romans used homing pigeons as messengers, and pigeons were used as a symbol and sacrifice, both sacred and secular over the centuries by the English.
The U.S. military even used homing pigeons for communication and reconnaissance purposes in World War I and World War II.
The demand for homing pigeons slowly dwindled as technology continued to develop over each and every decade, but the interest in pigeon racing never seemed to die.
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Homing pigeons are coo-l, local enthusiasts say
Homing pigeon owners in Westbrook and Sebago would like to see more people get involved in the hobby and sport.
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WESTBROOK Raising and racing homing pigeons can be a fun labor of love, say two local enthusiasts who want more folks to flock to the hobby.
Local Jon Bernhard holds one of his newer pigeons. Newer pigeons are a risk to let out, he said, as they are easier prey for birds like hawks.
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“Pigeons are just so cool,” said Jon Bernhard, an occupational therapist living in Westbrook. Bernard owns 16 pigeons. “They are incredibly smart and resourceful.”
View from the North 40: A world of strange correlations for man and beasts
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Because I think being up-to-date in the news also means reading the “Odd News” articles, I occasionally get a sense that human and animals lead parallel lives, or maybe we are influenced by the same forces in the universe. I don’t know, but the correlations seem uncanny sometimes. Humans have been increasingly aggressive and recently erupted into serious attacks, with bloodshed, at the Capitol building, the political home of our national lawmakers. Well, get this, people in a neighborhood in Queens, New York, have been attacked outside their homes by a very aggressive squirrel. I kn.