French pigeon competition: 20,000 pigeons lost in the storm

[Global Times Comprehensive Report] Naboa, a city in southern France, held a pigeon competition last week, and unexpectedly evolved into a tragedy.

According to the British "Guardian" reported on the 3rd, the weather was bad on the day of the competition, but the organizers still decided to let tens of thousands of pigeons take off to the destination Belgium. There were as many as 20,000 pigeons, and only about 6,000 returned home. After the incident, some people in the industry reprimanded the organization's poor organization. The missing pigeon disappearance not only made the pigeons sad, but also caused huge financial losses.

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It is believed that some racing pigeons flew to Germany after navigation, but most of the lost pigeons would always lose contact with pigeons, and may even be killed in storms. A raised pigeon raisedness was heartbroken. He said that he had more than 50 pigeons to participate in the competition, and the result was only 15. It is reported that many of the adoptive pigeons from Belgium, they jointly sent a letter to the event organization, strictly required leaders to resign.

Belgian love pigeons. Data show that there are more than 11 million people in the country, of which about 18,000 people raise pigeons. (Zhen Xiang)

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