US pigeon crossed Pacific to Australia

By Rod McGuirk
Updated January 14 2021 - 6:19pm, first published 6:14pm
A racing pigeon from the US has somehow found its way to a Melbourne back yard.
A racing pigeon from the US has somehow found its way to a Melbourne back yard.

A racing pigeon has survived a 13,000km Pacific Ocean crossing from the United States to Australia but authorities consider the bird a quarantine risk and plan to kill it.

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