PIGEON POISONING
(To the Editor.) Sir,—A person who was responsible for laying poisoned wheat missed a great signt by not being at my home to witness the gallant efforts made by the pigeons to regain their loft. It* will no doubt give iiim a thrill to know that his bag was a substantial one. Most of the birds destroyed were used by: the Army and for two years carried messages daily from Wanganui, Wellington, New Plymouth, and Auckland.; Even the protection a special Act of Parliament gave them did not help them. In the breeding season it is impossible to stop the birds from going to the fields. They will come home with a crop full of loamy soil and this is fed to the fledglings and minerals lieeessary to their wellbeing are extracted from it. Unfortunately, they will also pick up any surface grain. This, of course, led to their downfall. —Yours, etc., T. ANDREWS, President, Manawatu Homing Pigeon Club.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 305, 23 November 1945, Page 4
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