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Title: PETA protests pigeon racing at Tyson's Nevada home Post by: Yellow Pup on March 08, 2011, 09:40:51 PM AJC.com (http://www.ajc.com/sports/peta-protests-pigeon-racing-865621.html) These folks really need a life. :o
Title: Re: PETA protests pigeon racing at Tyson's Nevada home Post by: ssmith general on March 08, 2011, 09:43:15 PM I had to look this up. ???
"Pigeon racing is the sport of releasing specially trained racing pigeons, which then return to their homes over a carefully measured distance. The time it takes the animal to cover the specified distance is measured and the birds rate of travel is calculated and compared with all of the other pigeons in the race to determine which animal returned at the highest speed. Pigeon racing requires a specific breed of pigeon bred for the sport, the "Racing Homer". Competing pigeons are specially trained and conditioned for races that vary in distance for approximately to 100 to 1000 km. The winner of a pigeon race is the bird with the highest velocity, measured in ypm/mpm; this calculation demands that the distance be divided into yards, then divide the yards by the number of minutes it took the bird to return. Therefore Races can often be won and lost by seconds, and to measure this many different timing apparatus have been developed. The traditional timing method involves rubber rings being placed into a specially designed clock, whereas a newer development uses RFID tags to record arrival time." Way more info at wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigeon_racing) This seems too complicated for Tyson Title: Re: PETA protests pigeon racing at Tyson's Nevada home Post by: Chechem on March 08, 2011, 09:43:21 PM (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3015/2575698721_fdcf4484a5.jpg)
The PETA van backed over this one. Title: Re: PETA protests pigeon racing at Tyson's Nevada home Post by: BAMAWV on March 08, 2011, 09:44:28 PM From the smart folks that think rice explodes in birds. Seems rice paddies would be layered with dead birds-- but no.
Title: Re: PETA protests pigeon racing at Tyson's Nevada home Post by: Yellow Pup on March 08, 2011, 09:45:52 PM (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3015/2575698721_fdcf4484a5.jpg) The PETA van backed over this one. That is just wrong. :o Title: Re: PETA protests pigeon racing at Tyson's Nevada home Post by: Chechem on March 08, 2011, 09:48:18 PM From the smart folks that think rice explodes in birds. Seems rice paddies would be layered with dead birds-- but no. Right, the average person has the brains of a corn cob. We used to shoot Blue-wing Teal over rice fields in Louisiana. Never saw one pop. Title: Re: PETA protests pigeon racing at Tyson's Nevada home Post by: MDB Tide Roll on March 08, 2011, 10:22:44 PM I had to look this up. ??? "Pigeon racing is the sport of releasing specially trained racing pigeons, which then return to their homes over a carefully measured distance. The time it takes the animal to cover the specified distance is measured and the birds rate of travel is calculated and compared with all of the other pigeons in the race to determine which animal returned at the highest speed. Pigeon racing requires a specific breed of pigeon bred for the sport, the "Racing Homer". Competing pigeons are specially trained and conditioned for races that vary in distance for approximately to 100 to 1000 km. The winner of a pigeon race is the bird with the highest velocity, measured in ypm/mpm; this calculation demands that the distance be divided into yards, then divide the yards by the number of minutes it took the bird to return. Therefore Races can often be won and lost by seconds, and to measure this many different timing apparatus have been developed. The traditional timing method involves rubber rings being placed into a specially designed clock, whereas a newer development uses RFID tags to record arrival time." Way more info at wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigeon_racing) This seems too complicated for Tyson The first thought I had when I saw the thread title was what in tarnation is pigeon racing Title: Re: PETA protests pigeon racing at Tyson's Nevada home Post by: ricky023 on March 08, 2011, 10:58:15 PM Well if there is nothing that harms the racing pigeons then why jump on Tyson. If he is a fan of birds then so be it. RTR!
Title: Re: PETA protests pigeon racing at Tyson's Nevada home Post by: ssmith general on March 08, 2011, 10:59:18 PM Now that I think about it ... Didnt Mike have a lot of pigeons growing up? per the movie?
Title: Re: PETA protests pigeon racing at Tyson's Nevada home Post by: BAMAWV on March 09, 2011, 05:29:55 AM Now that I think about it ... Didnt Mike have a lot of pigeons growing up? per the movie? (http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSnJJQU-xC1t2isYZWYIGHvuzCkbGr1w79r4z5vwhLd2w8mzOwD)Title: Re: PETA protests pigeon racing at Tyson's Nevada home Post by: Chechem on March 09, 2011, 05:33:16 AM Now that I think about it ... Didnt Mike have a lot of pigeons growing up? per the movie? (http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSnJJQU-xC1t2isYZWYIGHvuzCkbGr1w79r4z5vwhLd2w8mzOwD)That is one weird boxer. Title: Re: PETA protests pigeon racing at Tyson's Nevada home Post by: BAMAWV on March 09, 2011, 05:40:30 AM Now that I think about it ... Didnt Mike have a lot of pigeons growing up? per the movie? (http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSnJJQU-xC1t2isYZWYIGHvuzCkbGr1w79r4z5vwhLd2w8mzOwD)That is one weird rapist. Title: Re: PETA protests pigeon racing at Tyson's Nevada home Post by: ricky023 on March 09, 2011, 12:45:45 PM Hey pigeons may be a start to Love for Tyson so maybe he should be left alone. He may be able to learn from loving the pigeons how to love others. RTR!
Title: Re: PETA protests pigeon racing at Tyson's Nevada home Post by: 2Stater on March 09, 2011, 01:21:56 PM (http://gracecrossingchurch.org/wp-content/uploads/DeadSnake.jpg)
More PETA carnage. Title: Re: PETA protests pigeon racing at Tyson's Nevada home Post by: ricky023 on March 09, 2011, 01:34:13 PM Hey 2stater is that a Garden Snake? RTR!
Title: Re: PETA protests pigeon racing at Tyson's Nevada home Post by: BAMAWV on March 09, 2011, 01:46:58 PM Hey 2stater is that a Garden Snake? RTR! Garter snake? (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Coast_Garter_Snake.jpg/220px-Coast_Garter_Snake.jpg) Title: Re: PETA protests pigeon racing at Tyson's Nevada home Post by: ricky023 on March 09, 2011, 01:50:52 PM Oh, ok thanks. I new by the Head it wasn't a poisonoous snake. RTR!
Title: Re: PETA protests pigeon racing at Tyson's Nevada home Post by: 2Stater on March 09, 2011, 01:56:37 PM Hey 2stater is that a Garden Snake? RTR! I think he's a dead snake Preacher. ;D Title: Re: PETA protests pigeon racing at Tyson's Nevada home Post by: ricky023 on March 09, 2011, 01:58:09 PM :P I think you got me on that one 2stater. Good job. :D I'll have to be more boservant won't I? RTR! :)
Title: Re: PETA protests pigeon racing at Tyson's Nevada home Post by: rknight4tide on March 09, 2011, 07:30:43 PM PETA. Does that stand for People Eat Tasty Animals? ;D
Title: Re: PETA protests pigeon racing at Tyson's Nevada home Post by: Yellow Pup on March 09, 2011, 07:37:12 PM Hey 2stater is that a Garden Snake? RTR! Dead Red Rat snake preacher. :( Title: Re: PETA protests pigeon racing at Tyson's Nevada home Post by: ricky023 on March 10, 2011, 04:38:24 AM Awww,, he could have caught some rats, I leave them alone on our place. They get in the barn and eat rats. RTR!
Title: Re: PETA protests pigeon racing at Tyson's Nevada home Post by: ssmith general on March 10, 2011, 06:44:23 AM Awww,, he could have caught some rats, I leave them alone on our place. They get in the barn and eat rats. RTR! The bush hog doesn't differentiate between snakes. The best mouse - rat prevention I have found is a couple of good outside cats. Title: Re: PETA protests pigeon racing at Tyson's Nevada home Post by: 2Stater on March 10, 2011, 06:51:36 AM Awww,, he could have caught some rats, I leave them alone on our place. They get in the barn and eat rats. RTR! The bush hog doesn't differentiate between snakes. The best mouse - rat prevention I have found is a couple of good outside cats. (http://amywitting.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/cat-and-mouse.jpg) Title: Re: PETA protests pigeon racing at Tyson's Nevada home Post by: Chechem on March 10, 2011, 09:46:55 AM Hey 2stater is that a Garden Snake? RTR! Garter snake? LINK (http://www.gartersnake.co.uk/mycollection.htm) Sorry I didn't see this earlier. Yes, that looks like a Western terrestrial garter snake (Thamnophis elegans terrestris). Cool thing about this snake species is that it has numerous color morphs, and sometimes a person can find 4 very different colored snakes in a single field. garter snakes (http://www.gartersnake.co.uk/mycollection.htm) Scroll down about 2/3 the way on the page for pics of this species. Title: Re: PETA protests pigeon racing at Tyson's Nevada home Post by: 2Stater on March 10, 2011, 09:54:30 AM I'm not crazy about snakes, but I do leave them alone. I figure they serve a purpose getting rid of vermin, so I'll even avoid running over them in the road.
Title: Re: PETA protests pigeon racing at Tyson's Nevada home Post by: Chechem on March 10, 2011, 09:56:56 AM I'm not crazy about snakes, but I do leave them alone. I figure they serve a purpose getting rid of vermin, so I'll even avoid running over them in the road. Thank you. They are spooky, and they are being decimated as a result, but they're cool "lizards". Title: Re: PETA protests pigeon racing at Tyson's Nevada home Post by: ricky023 on March 10, 2011, 12:05:10 PM I kill poisous snakes. I just seen a rattlesnake in Fla a couple of days ago that was the largest ever found. I don't have a link it was in the news but I deleted the e-mail. Sorry. RTR!
Title: Re: PETA protests pigeon racing at Tyson's Nevada home Post by: 2Stater on March 11, 2011, 10:51:47 AM I kill poisous snakes. I just seen a rattlesnake in Fla a couple of days ago that was the largest ever found. I don't have a link it was in the news but I deleted the e-mail. Sorry. RTR! (http://www.bigskyblog.com/images/mtsnake.jpg) Is this the one Preacher? Title: Re: PETA protests pigeon racing at Tyson's Nevada home Post by: cbbama99 on March 11, 2011, 11:07:19 AM I kill poisous snakes. I just seen a rattlesnake in Fla a couple of days ago that was the largest ever found. I don't have a link it was in the news but I deleted the e-mail. Sorry. RTR! (http://www.bigskyblog.com/images/mtsnake.jpg) Is this the one Preacher? You have just officially given nightmares and the willies for the next week. :( Title: Re: PETA protests pigeon racing at Tyson's Nevada home Post by: 2Stater on March 11, 2011, 11:12:26 AM I kill poisous snakes. I just seen a rattlesnake in Fla a couple of days ago that was the largest ever found. I don't have a link it was in the news but I deleted the e-mail. Sorry. RTR! (http://www.bigskyblog.com/images/mtsnake.jpg) Is this the one Preacher? You have just officially given nightmares and the willies for the next week. :( Actually, CB, I was going to make a point about this pic. It's been all over the internet as the largest rattler found in Florida. Than it was the largest found in Lousiana, then Alabama and so on. I think Snopes finally discovered that it was from Texas and not the largest ever found. Some have even questioned the camera angle making the snake look larger than it really is. Title: Re: PETA protests pigeon racing at Tyson's Nevada home Post by: cbbama99 on March 11, 2011, 11:16:59 AM I kill poisous snakes. I just seen a rattlesnake in Fla a couple of days ago that was the largest ever found. I don't have a link it was in the news but I deleted the e-mail. Sorry. RTR! (http://www.bigskyblog.com/images/mtsnake.jpg) Is this the one Preacher? You have just officially given nightmares and the willies for the next week. :( Actually, CB, I was going to make a point about this pic. It's been all over the internet as the largest rattler found in Florida. Than it was the largest found in Lousiana, then Alabama and so on. I think Snopes finally discovered that it was from Texas and not the largest ever found. Some have even questioned the camera angle making the snake look larger than it really is. Regardless, 2, rattlers give me the creeps. I saw a stuffed one at a museum in north Georgia one time that looked to be about 7ft and a head circumference of about six inches. I had trouble sleeping that night, knowing something like that could be out there. Title: Re: PETA protests pigeon racing at Tyson's Nevada home Post by: BAMAWV on March 11, 2011, 11:31:07 AM (http://65.55.72.39/att/GetInline.aspx?messageid=30f6e060-483e-11e0-b75e-00215ad7b202&attindex=0&cp=-1&attdepth=0&imgsrc=cid:part1.06020209.07060505@hiwaay.net&hm__login=rob1dog&hm__domain=hotmail.com&ip=10.13.122.8&d=d5400&mf=0&hm__ts=Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:29:46 GMT&st=rob1dog&hm__ha=01_23d9891ba672b1195ab1fb37dbb01995d64091c68a8dcee09077867cc236a0c3&oneredir=1)
Not a Boa or Python--- Diamondback found near Jacksonville, Fl. One bite contains enough venom to kill 40 grown men. Title: Re: PETA protests pigeon racing at Tyson's Nevada home Post by: ricky023 on March 11, 2011, 12:19:26 PM No the one I seen a Deputy Sheriff was holding it up over around Jacksonville, Al. It was biggest ever found. As I say it was near Jacksonville Fla. RTR!
Title: Re: PETA protests pigeon racing at Tyson's Nevada home Post by: 2Stater on March 11, 2011, 12:23:20 PM (http://www.videodetective.com/photos/004/000207_7.jpg)
Big snake! BIG snake!! Title: Re: PETA protests pigeon racing at Tyson's Nevada home Post by: ricky023 on March 11, 2011, 12:24:18 PM LOL, 2stater good one. It wasn't the one I seen. I saw the first of the week. From Jacksonville, Fla. RTR!
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