Animal Welfare Groups Seek End to Offshore Pigeon Racing
Animal welfare activists are petitioning the government to end the practice of offshore pigeon racing, where pigeons are taken hundreds of kilometers offshore and released to return home in races organized for the purposes of gambling. It has been reported that more than 98% of the birds fail to return.
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00:00Animal welfare supporters are demanding an end to offshore pigeon racing in Taiwan.
00:06Over 8,000 people have signed a petition against the practice of taking pigeons out to sea
00:12and releasing them en masse to fly back to land, sometimes over distances of over 300 kilometers.
00:18It's been reported that more than 98% of the birds never make it home.
00:23The Taiwan Bird Rescue Association says hundreds of thousands of pigeons die every year
00:29in races held for the purpose of gambling.