advice needed for found pigeon

[chickensioux]

I am in the same boat. From what I found out, alot of the owners don't want a lost bird back. If it got lost, it's not a good homing pigeon and they will cull it anyway.

 

[alicefelldown]

I never updated this. The bird did indeed return and I held onto it for another two days - looking all over online for its club and even calling other clubs.

Found out the 'secretary' had quit the club and no one had updated any websites or contact information. Ended up finding the owner who insisted on picking the bird up in the middle of the week, all while making it seem like it was a hassle. What's worse is how the dude acted when he came to my office, said "Hello. That's my bird. (handed him the box) OK. Bye."

Had I know that, I would have just let the bird live at my place, no cage, with food & water by the spot it kept hanging out at.

Good luck with your find chickensioux. I hope your story ends better.

 

[chickensioux]

Pigeons for Ego, Profit, and Fun and Competitive Pigeon Racers'/Fanciers' Attitudes

Note: It is a customary practice of competitive pigeon racers to kill lost birds they retrieve after being found and reported by concerned people. The hapless bird may be the result of "basket culling" in the first place, which means that birds are carelessly released far from home and any who don't make it back to their family and friends (in essence, abandoned) are deemed not worthy of keeping, anyway.

A tactic to build and maintain a false public image by the competitive pigeon racing community is to assure finders that lost birds are welcome back home, even though they will actually be killed -- if not immediately, most likely in the very near future because their failure to return home proved to their owner that they are no longer worthy of being alive.


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This was from a website I found when I was trying to find the owner....

 

[Mary Of Exeter]

It makes me mad to hear when owners of lost birds are rude or seem like they don't care

Gives the sport a bad reputation. A lot of people who are in it for the money or the pride, will not think twice about lethally culling birds. Then there's the people like me, who only cull if there's no hope for a sick bird. I end up crying and feel awful for a while. As long as a bird is here, it will race, even if it never brings in any good results. If I have to cut down on numbers, I sell them for cheap or adopt them out. There are lots of people who are looking for pets or want to have some homers for the fun of it and not race. So the culls would be great for them!

Just makes me mad and sad

Sorry that experience went down the drain. If it were me coming to get my bird, we'd probably talk your ears off

 

[chickensioux]

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You sound like my kind of person. I feel better knowing there are pigeon owners out there with this kind of thinking. I got very discouraged trying to locate the owner. The first phone call was the Sec. of the division (I guess that's the term), he was kinda friendly and lead me to the Sec. of the div. in the state the owner lives, he was a butt. Soooo, I will keep him and love him and try not to think about the others.
I'm sure it's like all of the similar sports (greyhound, etc.) there are good owners and bad owners. Those that truly care about the animal and not just profits and those that are in it for profit only and destroy what doesn't bring it. As an Animal Health Tech., I used to live close to a Greyhound racetrack and saw the cruelty side of that sport. But then saw how some of the dogs were treated like kings.
I am an animal lover and bird enthusiast and treat them all the same. I don't eat my birds but know that others do.
Thanks for your responses.