Start them young. Give them a good home so they want to come back. By Malia Wollan “Don’t get too attached,” says Joseph LaQuiere, a 16-year-old youth ambassador for the American Racing Pigeon Union.

BLANDFORD, Mass. (THE WESTFIELD NEWS) – Some rural and hill town children aren’t satisfied with playing Pokemon Go. Instead, they prefer to race pigeons. The sport of pigeon racing is an international ...

BRUNSWICK, Ga. – Some people take up woodworking in their free time. Others get into gardening. The six members of the Glynn County-based South Georgia Flyers race pigeons. “It’s a hobby, like some ...

ANTIOCH — Fred Belus casts his gaze skyward at a flock of racing pigeons circling above his backyard. Fit and sleek, they circle a few times before a distinct whistle from Belus brings his flock back ...

Pigeon racing in America dates to the 1860s when homing pigeons were imported from Europe. By 1872 the first racing club was formed, according to the American Racing Pigeon Union. The union and its ...

Meet Lee Schultz, 71, of Bay City, a pigeon fancier. How did you get involved raising pigeons? When I was kid, a neighbor used to have pigeons. I would always go watch him. I got my first pigeon in ...

Each weekend, Bill Desmarais ships his birds off on a truck and somehow, they find their way home. In his backyard in Massachusetts recently, he welcomed home birds from a race that started 250 miles ...