Australian officials plan to kill a racing pigeon that survived a gruelling 8,000-mile, two-month journey across the Pacific from Oregon over fears that it may be carrying coronavirus.
Jan 14, 2021
In this image made from video, a racing pigeon sits on a rooftop Wednesday in Melbourne, Australia, The racing pigeon, first spotted in late December, appears to have made an extraordinary 8,000-mile Pacific Ocean crossing from the United States to Australia. Experts suspect the pigeon named Joe, after the U.S. president-elect, hitched a ride on a cargo ship to cross the Pacific. (Channel 9 via AP)
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) A racing pigeon has survived an extraordinary 13,000-kilometer (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.