'Fake' US leg band may get pigeon a reprieve in Australia - World News
A pigeon that Australia declared a biosecurity risk may get a reprieve after a U.S. bird organization declared its identifying leg band was fake.
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A pigeon that Australia declared a biosecurity risk may get a reprieve after a U.S. bird organization declared its identifying leg band was fake.
Pigeon that faces death sentence in Australia may get a reprieve for its fake US leg band AP/Canberra Filed on January 15, 2021 US bird organisation declared the identifying leg band found on a pigeon in Australia is fake A pigeon that Australia declared a biosecurity risk may get a reprieve after a US bird organisation declared its identifying leg band was fake. The band suggested the bird found in a Melbourne backyard on December 26 was a racing pigeon that had left the US state of Oregon, 3,000km away, two months earlier. On that basis, Australian authorities on Thursday said they ...