American Racing Pigeon, That Ended Up In Australia, Slated For Extermination – IOTW Report

American Racing Pigeon, That Ended Up In Australia, Slated For Extermination

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A racing pigeon has survived an extraordinary 8,000-mile Pacific Ocean crossing from the United States to find a new home in Australia. Now authorities consider the bird a quarantine risk and plan to kill it.

Kevin Celli-Bird said Thursday he discovered the exhausted bird that arrived in his Melbourne backyard on Dec. 26 had disappeared from a race in the U.S. state of Oregon on Oct. 29. Experts suspect the pigeon that Celli-Bird has named Joe, after the U.S. president-elect, hitched a ride on a cargo ship to cross the Pacific. More

15 Comments on American Racing Pigeon, That Ended Up In Australia, Slated For Extermination

  1. If it’s from Oregon he probably voted for Biden.

    Kill it!

    If on the other hand it voted for Trump, let him stay. Sanctuary! If it wants to come home book it first class passage.

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  2. The mayor of Phoenix was very worried about a plague of pigeons in Phoenix .
    He could not remove the pigeons from the city. All of Phoenix was full of pigeon poop, the people of Phoenix could not walk on the sidewalks, or drive on the roads..

    It was costing a fortune to keep the streets and sidewalks clean.

    One day a man came to City Hall and offered the Mayor a proposition.

    ‘I can rid your beautiful city of its plague of pigeons without any cost to the city. But, you must promise not to ask me any questions.

    Or, you can pay me one million dollars to ask one question.’

    The mayor considered the offer briefly and accepted the free proposition.

    The next day the man climbed to the top of City Hall, opened his coat, and released a blue pigeon.

    The blue pigeon circled in the air and flew up into the bright blue Arizona sky.

    All the pigeons in Phoenix saw the blue pigeon and gathered up in the air behind the blue pigeon. The Phoenix pigeons followed the blue pigeon as she flew southward out of the city.

    The next day the blue pigeon returned completely alone to the man atop City Hall.

    The Mayor was very impressed. He felt the man and the blue pigeon had performed a wonderful miraculous feat to rid Phoenix of the plague of pigeons.

    Even though the man with the pigeon had charged nothing, the mayor presented him with a check for $1 million dollars and told the man that, indeed, he did have a question to ask and even though they had agreed to no fee and the man had rid the city of pigeons, he decided to pay the $1 million just to get to ask ONE question.

    The man accepted the money and told the mayor to ask his ONE question.

    Do you think the Mayor is going to ask how the blue pigeon led all the pigeons away?

    Do you think the Mayor is going to ask where all the pigeons went?

    Do you think he is going to ask where the man got the blue pigeon?

    No! NO WAY!

    The mayor asked: ‘Do you have a blue Mexican?’

    Jeez! Didn’t see that one coming. – Dr. Tar

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  3. Dear Priihhhm Ministah of A̶u̶s̶t̶r̶i̶a̶ Australia,

    You’re cut off. In these trying times (“we’re all in this together” – except AustrAlia), a sense of humor is verboten.

    Besides, Chinamen hate you.

    Throw one on the barbi, for me.

    ~Jimmy

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  4. If I had it all to do again I would
    live in Perth.Big surf,blond babes everywhere.
    Walk the streets at 3 AM after quaffing many
    piss cans and not a worry mate…. Not
    to mention the finest crystal opals in the world!

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  5. “Walk the streets at 3 AM after quaffing many
    piss cans and not a worry mate”

    That was cool. Also, the Australian coins. They’re all GIANT. Like they were made for alcoholics. Easy to find no matter how drunk you are.

    ….doesn’t seem like something to brag about….. but it really is handy.

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