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Advertisement It was a feat that won hearts around the world, that a common pigeon named Joe had flown 13,000 kilometres from the United States and had landed, weak but alive, in an Australian backyard. An amazing tale, yes, but Kevin Celli-Bird, owner of said yard, is still recovering from the global media blast. Kevin Celli-Bird is bemused by all the fuss after a pigeon that landed in his yard was thought to have flown from the US, but was then found to be a local stray. Credit:Justin McManus Last Wednesday, he read out what he thought would be a funny little spiel about Joe the pigeon on...

Pigeon faces death penalty for travelling 13,000 kilometres, here's why The pigeon was found in a Melbourne backyard on Decemeber 26, 2020 with a band on its leg that suggested it was race bird that had flown from US. Representative picture Updated: Jan 15, 2021, 10:31 PM IST A pigeon name Joe, that Australia declared a biosecurity risk and was facing death row last month after it was alleged that it entered the country from the United States, has got a reprieve after a US bird organisation declared its identifying leg band was fake. So what actually happened to ...