Joe the pigeon: Australia's most wanted bird spared death sentence
Share on Twitter The Australian government will not euthanise a pigeon after an investigation found it the bird was "highly likely to be Australian and does not present a biosecurity risk." "The department is satisfied that the bird’s leg band is a fraudulent copy of a legitimate leg band," a spokesperson from the Department of Agriculture said. "No further action will be taken by the department in relation to this matter." The statement came late on Friday night after a US pigeon racing union claimed the racing band on the bird’s leg was a counterfeit and not American as p...