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Birding Reports => Southern Ontario Reports => Topic started by: Al Johnston on June 04, 2009, 08:01:05 PM

Title: Dead pigeon with leg band
Post by: Al Johnston on June 04, 2009, 08:01:05 PM

Yesterday, a friend found a dead pigeon at the Stouffville reservoir. It had a leg band #156167 reading "Strathclyde Genetics 2006 A. Galbraith. This may be connected somehow to Pigeon King International which has been in the news as a possible ponzi scheme. Anyone with any ideas about this?

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Post by: Julie on June 06, 2009, 10:06:24 PM

I have no info and am no help; all comes to mind is several counts of "just when you thought you heard it all"...

I should have figured pigeons were in on a (biological) ponzi scheme-- accounts for their reproductive rate.

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Post by: Bird Brain on June 07, 2009, 08:36:11 AM

I completely lost my appetite for breakfast after reading the following:

http://web.archive.org/web/200708200740 ... index.html (http://web.archive.org/web/20070820074006/www.thepigeonflyer.com/index.html)

I wonder if his children were a result of "genetic experimentation" as well?

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Post by: egret on June 07, 2009, 12:10:55 PM

Goodness me

was not aware of this

:((


Egret

I have seen pigeons
beautiful, fancy ones
in NB at an animal and bird farm
years ago