“This is my son,” he said, picking up his favorite pigeon. “I deal with all the pigeons like my son or my children.” Hassan’s pigeons cost him $600 a month in food alone, but he says it’s a hobby that ...

Beyond the rooftops, the heartbeat of the hobby is also felt in the weekly pigeon market in Bahri city, north of Khartoum. Cages line the ground and crowd onto small carts -- homing pigeons displayed ...

Nearly all the residents of a village in Turpan city, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, have pigeon cages on the roofs of their single-story houses. For about a century, people in Xinchengximen bred ...

Belgian pigeon breeder Joel Verschoot could probably have settled down to a comfortable retirement in March after he sold the world's most expensive racer. Armando the pigeon won worldwide headlines ...

Pigeons: Members of the bird family Columbidae, which includes doves and pigeons. Kingdom: | Animalia Phylum: | Chordata ...

Last year, each breeder saw their income rise by between 1,500 and 4,000 yuan on average, according to the village committee. Turdi Mehmutul, who owns 200 pigeons, earned about 50,000 yuan last year ...

STORY: This Jordanian pigeon breeder is teaching others how to raise the birds by posting videos to his YouTube channel Location: Amman, Jordan Adel Mahmoud Faraj aims to provide breeders, enthusiasts ...