PETA protests pigeon racing at Tyson's Nevada home

[Yellow Pup]

AJC.com  These folks really need a life.   

[ssmith general]

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

This seems too complicated for Tyson

[Chechem]

The PETA van backed over this one.

[BAMAWV]

From the smart folks that think rice explodes in birds. Seems rice paddies would be layered with dead birds-- but no.

[Yellow Pup]

The PETA van backed over this one.

That is just wrong.

[Chechem]

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.

[MDB Tide Roll]

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

This seems too complicated for Tyson

The first thought I had when I saw the thread title was what in tarnation is pigeon racing

[ricky023]

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!

[ssmith general]

Now that I think about it ... Didnt Mike have a lot of pigeons growing up? per the movie?

[BAMAWV]

Now that I think about it ... Didnt Mike have a lot of pigeons growing up? per the movie?

[Chechem]

Now that I think about it ... Didnt Mike have a lot of pigeons growing up? per the movie?

That is one weird boxer.

[BAMAWV]

Now that I think about it ... Didnt Mike have a lot of pigeons growing up? per the movie?

That is one weird rapist.

FIFY

[ricky023]

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!

[2Stater]

More PETA carnage.

[ricky023]

Hey 2stater is that a Garden Snake? RTR!

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