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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...

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.

The blue leg band identifying him as American turns out to be a fake, meaning Joe is probably Australian and can live after all.

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

MELBOURNE: A racing pigeon detained by Australian authorities and set to be destroyed over concerns it was an...

Australia's avian celebrity Joe the Pigeon is getting a new lease on life after authorities determined he is not a biosecurity threat.

The pigeon who caused an international sensation could avoid being killed by Australian authorities after its racing leg band was declared fake.

The pigeon, which was declared a biosecurity risk, may get a lifeline after a US bird body said its leg band was fake.

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.

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.