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Officials hd labelled Joe a "biosecurity risk" and suggested he might have to be humanely destroyed. Melbourne: A racing pigeon detained by Australian authorities and set to be destroyed over concerns it was an American intruder received a lifeline Friday, when experts revealed its leg tag was probably fake. Originally thought to have flown from Alabama to a backyard in Melbourne -- an epic journey of 14,500 kilometres (9,000 miles) -- "Joe" the racing pigeon made headlines around the world. Australian media had reported that Melbourne man Kevin Chelli-Bird discovered the pigeon -- who he na...

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 ...