Chicago pigeon racing fans won’t see their birds come home to roost as fast as they hoped. An ordinance to let breeders of homing pigeons keep them in lofts in Chicago was held in committee Monday.

Tom Jackson cradles a pigeon in his hand and releases it on the ground. But instead of blasting off into the sky, the bird rolls over backward, kicking up dust as it propels itself across the barn ...

KEWASKUM, Wis. – From St. Mark’s plaza in Venice, Italy, to rooftop lofts in Matanzas, Cuba, to New York City’s Central Park to countryside farm silos to interstate overpasses, pigeons are an ...

GABRIELLE: DEPUTIES SAY MORE THAN 100 PIGEONS THAT ARE USED FOR RACING WERE STOLEN FROM A GREENVILLE COUNTY HOME LAST WEEKEND. THEIR OWNER SAYS THE BIRDS ARE VALUABLE. AND HE IS WORRIED ABOUT WHAT HAS ...

When Ed Gale of Chesterfield County is asked to do a ceremonial dove release, no problem. Just don't expect doves. “If you do,” he said, “you’ll never see them again.” That might be OK with balloons .