Pardon, did you just call pigeons dirty? You obviously are either very stupid or very misinformed, pigeons actually bathe 2-3 times a day, can you say the same?
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Here are some interesting facts you might want to include-
Pigeon were used in alot of wars, the most famous being GI Joe who In World War II, saved the lives of the inhabitants of the village of Calvi Vecchia, Italy, and of the British troops stationed there. The village was scheduled to be bombarded by the Allied forces on 18 October 1943, but the message that the British had captured the village, delivered by G.I. Joe, arrived just in time to avoid the bombing. Over a thousand people were saved.
There are hundreds of breeds on pigen, the feral street pigeon being the most common, alot of famous people keep pigeons, Mike Tyson has a loft of over 700 birds of different breeds, he enjoys spending time sitting on his rooftop watching them.
Here s a list coppied from-http://www.fbipigeons.com/FAMOUS%20FANCIERS.htm
Noah - may not have raced pigeons because of the lack of competitors, but we know he raised them.
Roy Rogers - his pigeons may have helped inspire "Happy Trails" (we would like to think so)
King George the V
Queen Elizabeth II - The royal lofts are still being maintained today with Golden Jubilee One Loft Race and a website.
Elvis Presley - (The King of Rock n' Roll) Maybe that famous leg shake came from watching a pigeon dance.
Ray Price - (country singer) still maintains birds in East Texas
Mike Tyson - (boxer) Flights Rollers and Clean Leg Tumblers) At one time belonged to the Eastern Tumbler Club. Still has a mixed stock of many kinds of pigeons
Terry Bradshaw - Champion quarter back (4 times in Super Bowl) for Pittsburgh Steelers. Now a Sport Commentator.
Marlon Brando - (actor) How many pigeons do you imagine have been named God Father?
Yul Bryner - (actor) I have seen a Bald Eagle but have yet to lay eyes on a Bald Pigeon. Kept several fancy breeds including Oriental Rollers at his home in France.
Tony Curtis - (actor) There is a long held story of two famous actors chasing big game fishing in the Southwest of Western Australia, the port of Albany to be exact. Before the whaling station was closed and probably now almost 30 years ago, there were huge white pointer sharks frequenting the area and our two actors were allegedly down there chasing them. Word has it that one of our well known Albany fanciers was paid a visit by the pair, in their spare time, asking to see his pigeons. A knock on the door and he opened it to front Lee Marvin and Tony Curtis.
Charles Darwin - (theorist) Scientist and Author whose writings include " On the Origin of Species (1859) The Descent Of Man (1871), The Voyage Of The Beagle (1909)" and a "A variety of plants and animals under domestication". Together with Wallace, offered the theory of evolution. Darwin kept all kinds of breeds and who showed us that all breeds can be traced to Columba livia, the wild rock dove. He had a loft with a variety of fancy breeds which he used to experiment and develop his hypothesis of "Theory of Domestication" using selective breeding techniques. He was an active member of some London pigeon clubs, and reference to his pigeons and his scientific results is published and available on-line. Hans questions whether there was a "theory of domestication" as such.
Andy Devine - (actor) Reported to have been in the same racing pigeon club as Roy Rogers.
Walt Disney -Famous for his "white" birds. They were some of the original Belgian Pletinckx of the early '60's. They are reportedly beautiful, very fast, and cross well with other strains including Stassarts, Devriendts, and Janssens .The lofts are still maintained at Disneyland in Southern California (Anaheim) and the birds are still flown & displayed. The lofts there are reported to be part of the parks original architecture. The loft at Disney World is on the property. There are also lofts at Disney World in Florida although here the lofts and birds are maintained by a fancier who lives a short distance from the park. The California State Racing Pigeon Organization has a flying award (The Disney award) that was originally sponsored by him or started in his honor. Walt Disney was awarded the NPA Levi Service Award for the movie "Pigeon Fly Home".
NOTE:the walt disney world loft was ALWAYS located on property and maintained by disney employees. But it was closed down about two years ago due to Hawks.
George Foreman - (boxer) (World Champion Boxer) was very interested in racing pigeons and did get some from George Girdler in Texas.
Willi Brandt - former German Chancellor, was a keen pigeon fancier. As a Socialist (Social Democrat) he had to flee Germany under the Nazis and did so by going to Norway. After the war he returned to Germany, eventually became mayor of Berlin and ultimately the first Social Democrat Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Marvelous Marvin Hagler - (boxer) Rollers? Our informant states "Back in the 70s, I attended a pigeon show at Joe Curran's House in Worcester, Massachusetts, where I met a young man, named Marvin who was suppose to be an up and coming boxer. Years later, I was told that Marvin mentioned his love for pigeons in an interview".
Michael Landon - (actor) produced and starred in the movie "Where Pigeons Go to Die". It also starred Art Carney. The film was mostly made in Kansas where they contacted Bill Bonwell, who was then AU Legal Advisor. Mr. Bonwell and the racing fanciers in Kansas supplied most of the pigeons for the movie. At the same time Jim Jenner was in the process of producing "Marathon in the Sky" and Bonwell put Landon & Jenner in contact with each other. Jenner loaned Landon the aerial pigeon shots in exchange for Landon narrating "Marathon in the Sky". He is reported to have been a very avid fancier and flyer.
Alan Jordaan - Manager of the South African Cricket Team (Racing Homers).
Gypsy Rose Lee - (Queen of Strippers) She kept Fantails
Irene Brown - who keeps Homers and Danzig Highfliers. She's famous for her studies upon pigeons. (Cornell University, NY, USA)
Lee Marvin - (actor)
Willie Mays - (baseball player) U.S. Baseball Player. I don't know if Willie had, or has pigeons, but he appeared in ad that ran in the Pigeon Debut, for the Flight Club around the New York City area.
Monet - (artist)
Wayne Newton - (actor) Or as he is called here in Las Vegas, Mr. Las Vegas. a famous American entertainer that had pigeons as a boy. He had homers, rollers, tumblers and high flyers.
Pablo Picasso - (artist) who kept Fantails. Picasso loved pigeons so much that he named his daughter Paloma, which means pigeon in Spanish. Picasso's father also kept pigeons and specialized in painting the same.
Johnny Otis - (jazz and blues musician) of California. Johnny is a jazz/rhythm and blues musician, who, along with other musicians of his era, is credited with developing the beginnings of rock n' roll. Johnny (around 70 years of age) continues to breed Saxon Fairy Swallows (Wing Pigeons) and has strong ties with Southern California Color Pigeon breeders such as Bill Griebel and Leon Stephens. He also continues to perform his music and was recently nominated for a Grammy Award.
Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward - may have been more involved, but didn't like the autograph hounds, at the one show they attended they were "swamped" by fans in the showroom. Ms Woodward was very interested in pigeon racing and competition, but this incident turned them off.
Clint Eastwood - (actor) At least there was a Clint Eastwood that raised rollers (maybe still does) but there is some question as to whether this is the same one as of Dirty Harry Fame.
Scott Baio - (U.S. Actor), Played in TV Show, Happy Days and many other series over the years. He had flying Flights in Brooklyn with his dad.
Bles Bridges (Singer), the most well known Afrikaans singer in South Africa owned some great Stichelbauts (Racing Homers).
Nicola Tesla. - ( American electricity pioneer) He designed the hydro-electric plant at Niagara Falls for Westinghouse. Our informant says "I don't think he raised or bred them, but I know he loved pigeons. He was kicked out of a few high brow Hotels for that, he would bring in injured birds and try to rehab them in the room. There are a number of references in the books on this marvelous man. Any way he was definitely a pigeon fancier."
Maurizo Gucci - (fashion designer) a famous Italian fashion designer. His products are sold in the most upscale stores in the world. He is also a fancier of show pigeons who is on record as having paid more than $10,000 for an American bird.
Jimmy Smits - (actor) US TV show NYPD blues. He is also reputed to have narrated the second video on pigeons produced by Jenner "our oldest feathered friend". He made an appearance at the NPA National this year. Racing Homers is his game.
Gordan Richards - (top Jockey)
Bill Lawry - Australian cricket captain and one of the worlds top cricket commentators still races his birds in Victoria, Australia
Bob Guilteon - a Davis cup tennis player. his birds were sought world wide, his birds bred the champion bird of Taiwan a couple of years ago
The Sultan of Jahore
The King of Belgium - and his family
President Mitterands - or his brother raced - President of France
Andy Capp - famous cartoon character
Prince Bernard - of the Netherlands, Consort of Queen Juliana and father of Queen Beatrix. Prince Bernhard has his own loft with pigeons which are raced during the season and also very often show up at racing pigeon shows, The loft has a special proprietary card with a little crown on it which shows that that is a pigeon form the royal loft, these are often sold on charity exhibitions in the Netherlands. Prince Bernhard is also one of the leaders of the Dutch World Nature Federation (WNF) which is a sub division of the WWF.
Prof. Herbst - He is a Racing Horse owner and won the biggest and most prestigious horse race in Africa (the Durban July) this year with his horse Classic Flag. Made him a Millionaire (again) overnight.
Dr. Willard F. Hollander - who knows more about the genetic make-up of pigeons than anyone else alive.
Gerald Durrel - Of the Jersey Wildlife Fund who rescued the Pink pigeon from near extinction. He is perhaps best known as the author of "My Family and Other Animals".
Jeff Fenech - (World Champion Boxer) Former IBF Bantamweight Champion, Former WBC Super Bantamweight Champion, Former WBC Featherweight Champion. Purchased Rollers from Sydney Performing Roller Club ... Our informant believes his son raises them.
Virginia Graham - U.S. talk show host years ago. Breed unknown
Karl Hagenbeck - who kept all kinds of breeds at his zoo in Hamburg, Germany. Hagenbeck was the first or among the first to do away with cages at his zoo, using moats instead.
Boet Troskie - Famous for the movie he made "THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY"
Suleiman the Magnificent - who kept fancy breeds at his palace in Instanbul, Turkey.
Alexander Alexandrovich Romanova III - the Batiushka-Tsar of Russia kept his pigeons in a house like a small palace at Gatchina until his sad and surprising death in the Crimea in 1894. These pigeons were named "Ostanski Golubi" and "Pokrovski" that he acquired from his brother Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich Romanova after watching them fly as the young Tsarevich at Tsarskoe Selo.
The Counts Orloff - of the early part of this century (Russia). They imported rare(r) breeds of pigeons from the Middle East and parts of the Russian empire and are credited for having "maintained" them.
Samuel Pepys - Diarist and one of the most important naval administrators in England's history
Senator Hilaire La Haye, Secretary to the Belgium Govt, he named his birds after prominent members of the Belgium Govt, his gold ring of Belgium ** monsieur Spaak ** he gifted to Marcel Desmet in the early 1970's
Barney, The big purple dino on Sesame street
Trevor Barker, ( Trevor was a champion footballer and also played cricket at the top level, he died of cancer a few years ago, a true gentleman, Des )
Champion St Kilda footballer and captain, in the Victorian Football League kept and raced pigeons right up to his untimely death a few years ago
John Scadden who was a premier of state Western Australia, a premier is like an American State Governor
Some interesting facts you might want to include about pigeons taken from http://pigeon-life.net/resources/facts.html-
1. Unless forcibly separated, pigeons mate for life.
2. Male pigeons have the rare ability to lactate, producing milk for the babies just like the females do!
3. Newborn pigeons weaned on the “pigeon milk” of both parents, double their weight in the first two days!
4. A grown pigeon has nearly 10,000 feathers.
5. Pigeons have been known to live over 30-years!
6. In the 17th century, King George I of England, decreed all pigeon droppings to be property of the Crown—and the “lofts” were policed to enforce the law! (Pigeon manure was used in making gunpowder)
7. With the ability to beat its wings up to ten times per second, and maintain a heart rate of 600 beats per minute for up to 16-hours without rest, the racing pigeon is the unequalled athlete of the air!
8. A famous WWI homing pigeon named “Cher Ami” finished his distinguished career by delivering a vital message: The location of the famous “Lost Battalion”. That mission alone is credited with saving nearly 200 human lives! “Cher Ami” was awarded the French Croix de Guerre with Palm for his heroic service. He died of his extensive battle wounds.
9. One WW II homing pigeon named “GI Joe” saved over 1000 allied soldiers lives in a single mission! He was awarded the Dickin Medal, the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross. His average speed on that flight was 60 mph!
10. Despite enemy fire, pigeons achieved a 98% success rate in missions flown in WW II—often with mortal injuries to themselves.
11. The French, Swiss, Israeli, Iraqi and Chinese armies still use homing pigeons today! Pigeons proved valuable in the Gulf War, as their messaging was not affected by electronic jamming.
12. The pigeon has the rare ability for a large bird to be able to fly nearly straight up.
13. Pigeons have been taught to use “tools” and were found to retain that knowledge! See the film Oldest Feathered Friend, which you can preview at: http://www.paccomfilms.com/films/pigeons.html
14. Studies conducted by B.F. Skinner at Harvard showed that pigeons have a visual memory that can store at least 300 objects or images indefinitely!
15. The pharmaceutical industry in Australia “employed” pigeons trained to identify anomalies in pills and capsules on a moving conveyor, and remove them from production. The birds did outstanding work but authorities quickly put an end to the practice!
16. Racing Pigeons routinely maintain flight speeds of 50 to 60 mph!
17. Some pigeons reverse-commute, feeding on grain in the country, while living in the city.
18. Advanced studies at the University of Montana conclude: “Pound for pound, columba livia (the pigeon) is one of the smartest, most physically adept creatures in the animal kingdom.”
I hope I have been helpful, your bound to get an A on your project with all this usefull information! Good luck!