A 50-year-old Tokyo taxi driver is facing charges for killing a pigeon after plowing through a flock at 35 miles per hour. The driver is accused of violating a Japanese wildlife protection law, ...

PETOSKEY — In 1914, the very last known passenger pigeon died at the Cincinnati Zoo. Now, 109 years later, passenger pigeons are most famously known as a species driven to extinction. Historical ...

A bizarre referendum result in Germany will lead to the mass slaughter of a town's pigeons. It's no secret that pigeons, which some liken to the rats of the skies, are known globally as a pest and are ...

In the darkness of Upper Hanover Township last night, 17 people stood in a quiet candlelight vigil outside the Powderbourne Gun Club to protest the defeat of a bill outlawing live pigeon shoots in the ...

In his memoir, "Recollections of a Lifetime," writer Samuel Griswold Goodwin remembers growing up in Ridgefield in the early 1800s. One of the highlights, he wrote, was seeing huge flocks of passenger ...

The state Senate passed a bill that would ban pigeon shoots as well as make it illegal to raise and slaughter dogs and cats for human consumption. (File photo/Pennlive) The state Senate voted 36-12 on ...

John Husar’s contemptuous disregard for wildlife was palpably manifested in a recent column when he casually advocated the mass shooting of pigeons and crows as preliminary target practice before ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Eleven US pigeon enthusiasts have been charged with beating, shooting dead and suffocating dozens of hawks and falcons in a bid to ...

I applaud state Rep. Phyllis Mundy for her courageous stance against live pigeon shoots. It’s clear that Rep. Mundy isn’t threatening hunting rights. We’re not talking about hunting here. We’re ...

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