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Racing pigeon that flew to Australia may be killed amid quarantine fears
nypost ^ | 01/14/2021 | Yaron Steinbuch

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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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: austrailia; covid; pigeon; quarantine
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Need to keep that one for breeding as that is one h3ll of a flight and survived it to boot. Buncha dumbazzes.


21 posted on 01/14/2021 9:52:09 AM PST by LastDayz (A blunt and brazen Texan. I will not be assimilated.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

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.


22 posted on 01/14/2021 9:53:53 AM PST by alternatives? (If our borders are not secure, why fund an army?)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Poor bird. Where is PETA?


23 posted on 01/14/2021 9:54:14 AM PST by gcparent (Justice Amy Coney Barrett)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Since it was a racing pigeon, it obviously took a wrong turn in Albuquerque
24 posted on 01/14/2021 9:54:41 AM PST by Hot Tabasco
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The bird flew 8000 miles in the wrong direction. I don’t think naming it Joe is supposed to be a compliment.


25 posted on 01/14/2021 9:56:51 AM PST by DrGunsforHands
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To: ChicagoConservative27

UFB, if thats the case shouldn’t we have to kill every bird? How do we know where any of them have been?


26 posted on 01/14/2021 9:58:07 AM PST by 100%FEDUP (I'm seeing RED!)
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To: Hot Tabasco

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.


27 posted on 01/14/2021 9:59:12 AM PST by lee martell ( )
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To: lee martell

New Zealand’s economy is based on agriculture and they are very prohibitive on allowing birds, animals and foreign agricultural products into the country


28 posted on 01/14/2021 10:02:32 AM PST by Hot Tabasco
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To: lee martell

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.


29 posted on 01/14/2021 10:08:10 AM PST by CondorFlight
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To: ChicagoConservative27

What I want to know is did the bird fly across the Atlantic or Pacific?


30 posted on 01/14/2021 10:09:27 AM PST by Rebelbase (COVID misanthrope)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

In for the comments,..


31 posted on 01/14/2021 10:11:50 AM PST by silverleaf (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.)
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To: Rebelbase

32 posted on 01/14/2021 10:12:01 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: NEMDF

Ssshh, nobody tell them about migratory birds...


33 posted on 01/14/2021 10:16:31 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: dfwgator

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.


34 posted on 01/14/2021 10:17:55 AM PST by lee martell ( )
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To: Hot Tabasco

What about the gazillions of birds that migrate.....? Do they quarantine on their own merit or are they shot?


35 posted on 01/14/2021 10:20:27 AM PST by Manly Warrior (US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War" )
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To: Rebelbase

According to another article, the bird caught a ride on a ship that sailed from the US to Australia.


36 posted on 01/14/2021 10:21:06 AM PST by DoubleNickle
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To: Hot Tabasco

So put it in a cage and send it back where it came from.


37 posted on 01/14/2021 10:21:17 AM PST by OKSooner (DBAA and DBADA)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“OMFG, a pigeon from AL somehow flies to Australia”

You should read your article!


38 posted on 01/14/2021 10:21:24 AM PST by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: Boogieman

Are you suggestin’ that coconuts migrate?


39 posted on 01/14/2021 10:22:06 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Mask it and put a MAGA hat on the pigeon. Fly away sweet home Alabama.


40 posted on 01/14/2021 10:23:10 AM PST by HotKat (Politicians are like diapers; they need to be changed often and for the same reason. Mark Twain)
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