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 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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

It's time to talk turkey about holiday birds. The ubiquitous, shrink-wrapped, pre-basted turkey with the pop-up timer is the wildly popular un-wild bird of choice in 2010. Let's look back 200 years at ...

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The most elaborate, comprehensive and effective system for the prevention of animal cruelty was not invented by the FDA or even PETA; it was devised by the Book of Leviticus. This may seem a strange ...

Slaughtering animals for fun, often in the name of charity, is a distinctly odd enterprise – so much so that Pennsylvania is the only state that continues to allow it. A 1999 court ruling held that ...

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 ...

The pigeon has long had the reputation as a dirty scavenger best known for flapping around city parks and squares. Yet the bird has, in fact, been domesticated and bred for food in France since ...

In a recent editorial, The News was completely off base in its relentless attacks against Erie County Democratic Chairman G. Steven Pigeon. Pigeon was blasted for his likely support of Rochester area ...