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January 18, 2021
Share A tagged racing pigeon is pictured in September 2019 in Belgium. The American-style racing band around Joe’s leg appeared to be a knock-off available online and often used by local owners. AFP Fake tag claim offers pigeon a death row reprieve Sun, 17 January 2021 A racing pigeon detained by Australian authorities and set to be destroyed over concerns it was an American intruder received a lifeline on December 15, when experts revealed its leg tag was probably fake. Originally thought to...
January 18, 2021
A pigeon initially believed to have made an 8,000-mile journey across the Pacific from Oregon to Australia was set to be killed because the country declared it a quarantine risk. But the bird has now been given a reprieve after its identifying leg band was deemed a fake.
January 17, 2021
The blue leg band identifying him as American turns out to be a fake, meaning Joe is probably Australian and can live after all.
January 17, 2021
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) " A pigeon that Australia declared a biosecurity risk has received a reprieve after a U.S. bird organization declared its identifying leg band was fake. The band suggested the bird found in a Melbourne backyard on Dec. 26 was a racing pigeon that had left the U.S. state of Oregon, 13,000 kilometers (8,000 miles) away, two months earlier. On that basis, Australian authorities on Thursday said they considered the bird a disease risk and planned to kill it. But Deone
January 16, 2021
MELBOURNE: A racing pigeon detained by Australian authorities and set to be destroyed over concerns it was an...
January 16, 2021
Australia's avian celebrity Joe the Pigeon is getting a new lease on life after authorities determined he is not a biosecurity threat.
January 15, 2021
The pigeon who caused an international sensation could avoid being killed by Australian authorities after its racing leg band was declared fake.
January 15, 2021
The pigeon, which was declared a biosecurity risk, may get a lifeline after a US bird body said its leg band was fake.
January 15, 2021
Authorities thought it had made its way all the way from Oregon and considered it a biosecurity risk. But a U.S. bird group says an identifying band on its leg is fake.
January 15, 2021
Australias Agriculture Department, which is responsible for biosecurity, agreed that the pigeon dubbed Joe, after U.S. President-elect Joe Biden, was wearing a "fraudulent copy" leg band.