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Australia to kill pigeon that crossed Pacific from Oregon
Posted on 1/14/21 at 3:48 pm
Posted on 1/14/21 at 3:48 pm
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This'll make everyone happy
It was a cool story until they named the bird Joe after Our Sleepy next President. But hey, Pigeon Lives Matter?
Put that bird in the bird hall of fame with Toucan Sam for accomplishing such a feat
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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.
Kevin Celli-Bird said Thursday he discovered the exhausted bird that arrived in his Melbourne backyard on Dec. 26 had disappeared from a race in the U.S. state of Oregon on Oct. 29.
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The Agriculture Department, which is responsible for biosecurity, said the pigeon was “not permitted to remain in Australia” because it “could compromise Australia’s food security and our wild bird populations.”
“It poses a direct biosecurity risk to Australian bird life and our poultry industry,” a department statement said.
This'll make everyone happy
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Experts suspect the pigeon that Celli-Bird has named Joe, after the U.S. president-elect, hitched a ride on a cargo ship to cross the Pacific.
It was a cool story until they named the bird Joe after Our Sleepy next President. But hey, Pigeon Lives Matter?
Put that bird in the bird hall of fame with Toucan Sam for accomplishing such a feat
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Posted on 1/14/21 at 3:49 pm to atrain5
quote:So a new kind of thing moves into the neighborhood and no one is happy. I’ve seen this before.
It poses a direct biosecurity risk to Australian bird life and our poultry industry,”
Posted on 1/14/21 at 3:49 pm to atrain5
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Kevin Celli-Bird
name checks out
Posted on 1/14/21 at 3:50 pm to atrain5
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Experts suspect the pigeon that Celli-Bird has named Joe, after the U.S. president-elect, hitched a ride on a cargo ship to cross the Pacific.
He obviously got lost on his way to China
Posted on 1/14/21 at 3:50 pm to upgrayedd
Posted on 1/14/21 at 3:50 pm to atrain5
Um, why can't they just put the thing in a cage and fly it back to its owner?
Posted on 1/14/21 at 3:51 pm to atrain5
Australia doesn't frick around with outside species after their bout with frogs and rabbits. In 1901, They built a fence across the entire continent to keep the rabbit problem from getting worse.
Posted on 1/14/21 at 3:51 pm to atrain5
quote:It says he hitched a ride on a cargo ship, so he didn't actually accomplish anything. I think the name Joe fits.
accomplishing such a feat
Posted on 1/14/21 at 3:51 pm to atrain5
Why not just don't say anything about it and kill it and don't make a big deal out of it?
Posted on 1/14/21 at 3:52 pm to WildManGoose
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It says he hitched a ride on a cargo ship, so he didn't actually accomplish anything. I think the name Joe fits.
Posted on 1/14/21 at 3:52 pm to atrain5
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Australia to kill pigeon that crossed Pacific from Oregon
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Experts suspect the pigeon that Celli-Bird has named Joe, after the U.S. president-elect, hitched a ride on a cargo ship to cross the Pacific.
Two things named Joe that are going to die soon.
Posted on 1/14/21 at 3:54 pm to atrain5
Gee...I’m so glad we have govt to tell us what is good and isn’t. I don’t know how nature survived prior to humans forming govt institutions.
Posted on 1/14/21 at 3:54 pm to atrain5
We should have killed all of the assholes who were responsible for bringing the European Starling and House Sparrow to the US. Buncha Shakespeare-loving shitheads!
Posted on 1/14/21 at 3:55 pm to atrain5
Pigeons are disgusting disease infested rats with wings. It should have been shot with a 12 gauge and the body burned immediately.
Posted on 1/14/21 at 3:56 pm to UGATiger26
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Um, why can't they just put the thing in a cage and fly it back to its owner
Bird lives matter...
Put his arse on a plane back to the states or I'm calling PETA.
I may just start a go fund me.
Edit- td thread for the birds
This post was edited on 1/14/21 at 4:13 pm
Posted on 1/14/21 at 4:02 pm to atrain5
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He said the Oklahoma-based American Racing Pigeon Union had confirmed that Joe was registered to an owner in Montgomery, Alabama.
Posted on 1/14/21 at 4:03 pm to BottomlandBrew
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They built a fence across the entire continent to keep the rabbit problem from getting worse.
Are they busy? We need a fence down South of here for a problem.
Posted on 1/14/21 at 4:08 pm to Ash Williams
Found my hobby for when I retire.
Posted on 1/14/21 at 4:15 pm to atrain5
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“could compromise Australia’s food security and our wild bird populations.”
Hey, Aussie frickheads...your country is already full of pigeons...I’ve seen them fight over french fries on a daily basis at Central train station.
Posted on 1/14/21 at 4:24 pm to atrain5
That bird deserves to be in the hall of fame for that journey but the aussies are going to snuff it out. Where’s PETA when you need them.
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