An curved arrow pointing right. Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Pigeons are one of the oldest domesticated birds. They have been kept for thousands of years and used for food ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Pigeons. Some people love them. Larry: Everybody thinks that they're dirty and nasty, but they're actually not. They're a dove. All they are is doves.

Each of the birds had been raised from birth for the obscure yet centuries-old pastime of pigeon racing. And while the first race of the pigeons’ lives would be a 100-mile sprint, the margin of ...

Domesticated pigeons were bred – whether for their meat, ability to carry messages or racing – from wild rock pigeons, which inhabit remote cliffs and rock ledges. Those that were abandoned by ...