Now, discover the surprising origins of homing pigeons in World War II England from All Creatures Great and Small’s official historian, Dr. Mark Roodhouse of the University of York. As Siegfried ...

Ray Hooker's red splash Jacobin pigeon ... a farm and they had no time so I took over,” he said. “We had homing pigeons that were raised for eating, but I didn’t want to eat them anymore.” ...

Homing pigeons – a type of domestic pigeon descended from the rock pigeon – are extremely effective messengers because of their innate homing abilities, enabling them to return to their nest ...