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A Denver family has been searching the city for their pet bird since Monday. It flew away from their home and needs to be found soon or it might die, or be killed. Photojournalist Mark Neitro followed ...

OSWEGO, Ill. -- In the hands of owner Blanca Uribe, a retired racing pigeon named Astrid gets the exercise she needs through "happy flappies," moving her wings while being held because she's paralyzed ...

Sheep and dog bones can be whittled into orthopedic pins that stabilize pigeons' fractured wings, helping the fractures to heal properly without follow-up surgery. Researchers describe the treatment, ...

a good samaritan saved a starving bird who got caught out in the cold, came back around and there was a frozen pigeon sitting there. He kind of waddled up to me a little bit, so I went over to inspect ...