PIGEON WORLD: July 2015

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pigeon a sign of peace

Pigeon keeping is the art and science of breeding domestic. People have practiced Pigeon keeping for about 10,000years in almost every part of the world. In that time, mankind has substantially altered themorphology and the behaviour of the domesticated descendants of the rock dove to suit his needs for food, aesthetic satisfaction and entertainment

PIGEONS WERE USED IN WORLD WAR

Pigeons played a vital part in World War One as they proved to be an extremely reliable way of sending messages. Such was the importance of pigeons that over 100,000 were used in the war with an astonishing success rate of 95% getting through to their destination with their message

PIGEON WITH A MESSAGE NOTE FIXED WITH A SMALL TUBE ON BACK

PIGEONS MOBILE LOFT USED IN WORLD WAR 1

Pigeons were used extensively in World War One. Man-made communication systems were still crude and unreliable, so dogs and pigeons were used. Pigeons would have been found just about anywhere on the Western Front. At the First Battle of the Marne in 1914, French troops stopped the German advance on Paris. As the French troops advanced and pushed back the Germans, so their pigeons advanced with them. In the heat and disorientation of battle, pigeons proved to be the best way of sending messages to the French headquarters. At the Marne, the French had 72 pigeon lofts. As the French advanced, the lofts advanced with them – but many of the pigeons were ‘on duty’ carrying messages and could never have known where their loft had moved to. Incredibly, all the pigeons at the Marne returned to their lofts – despite the fact that they would have flown ‘blind’ not knowing where their loft was.

People who breed pigeons are commonly referred to as PIGEON FANCIERS the hobby is gaining in popularity in INDIA, after having waned within the last 50 years.

Both the pigeons are thriving in other parts of the world

ROCK DOVE (JUNGLEE KABATOOR)

The Rock Dove (called Junglee Kabutoor in Hindi), which is generally believed to be the ancestors of domesticated Pigeon, was probably domesticated around ten thousand years ago. There are hundreds of Breeds of domesticated Pigeon arising from this common ancestors which are currently cultivated by Pigeon fanciers. Because of the large number of domesticated breeds, Pigeon fanciers find it convenient for certain purpose to group set of domesticated Pigeon into large groups

In the Asian country, there are three major recognized groups of breeds of domesticated pigeons :

1-Flying Pigeons Tumblers / Tipper

(Garebaaz) bred for competition

2-Racing Pigeon (Homer) bred for racing from long distance
3-Fancy Pigeon bred for shows, Honour and Pride

A small introduction about me

im DANIEL (27year) a PIGEON FANCIER from BANGALORE INDIA