Jasmine Davey explores how we have treated pigeons in the past and how controlling them might change in the future.

“To understand the sport, you first need to understand the pigeon types. You have highflying breeds, low-flying breeds, racer pigeons and fancy pigeons. And all have competitions of their ...

The pigeons were trained to fly between the island and a pigeon loft in Auckland, where the messages would be collected. Small canisters containing written notes were attached to the pigeons’ legs.