Posted on 01/14/2021 9:36:52 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
A racing pigeon from Alabama has survived an 8,000-mile odyssey to Australia, where it was named Joe after the president-elect – but authorities plan to kill the bird because it’s a quarantine risk, according to a report.
Melbourne resident Kevin Celli-Bird said he discovered the exhausted bird in his backyard on Dec. 26 after it had disappeared from a race in Oregon on Oct. 29, The Associated Press reported.
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Need to keep that one for breeding as that is one h3ll of a flight and survived it to boot. Buncha dumbazzes.
If it wasn’t marked they would not know where it was from. To be sure they need to kill all the pigeons in Australia.
Poor bird. Where is PETA?
The bird flew 8000 miles in the wrong direction. I don’t think naming it Joe is supposed to be a compliment.
UFB, if thats the case shouldn’t we have to kill every bird? How do we know where any of them have been?
That is sad, but it makes sense (possible avian viruses) when put this way. Building a Bird Sanctuary would not do either, since most birds are creatures of the flock, especially the small ones.
Most don’t thrive when separated from other birds.
New Zealand’s economy is based on agriculture and they are very prohibitive on allowing birds, animals and foreign agricultural products into the country
Just remove the leg tag and haul it over to somewhere a few miles distant, and then let them try and find it out of many.
If it’s not diseased, it’s not a problem anyway.
What I want to know is did the bird fly across the Atlantic or Pacific?
In for the comments,..
Ssshh, nobody tell them about migratory birds...
I think that dog is named Mutley. Mutley had a sneering, sneaking kind of laugh.
Kind reminds me of Nancy Pelosi and Eric Swalwell.
Eric = Mutley.
What about the gazillions of birds that migrate.....? Do they quarantine on their own merit or are they shot?
According to another article, the bird caught a ride on a ship that sailed from the US to Australia.
So put it in a cage and send it back where it came from.
“OMFG, a pigeon from AL somehow flies to Australia”
You should read your article!
Are you suggestin’ that coconuts migrate?
Mask it and put a MAGA hat on the pigeon. Fly away sweet home Alabama.
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