Racing pigeons, once associated with Mughal-era decadence ... “But pigeon sports are common in many countries,” Sardar tells Eos. “Besides Pakistan, tournaments also happen in the USA ...
The message was in Urdu, a common language in nearby Pakistan. Indian police captured the bird and performed an X-ray on it, CBS reported. Although the recently apprehended pigeon was a racer ...
In villages along the border, pigeon racing is a popular sport ... a pigeon under the suspicion that it was employed by Pakistan for espionage purposes, going so far as to X-ray the bird in ...