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A racing pigeon survived an extraordinary 13,000-kilometre (8,000-mile) journey in the Pacific Ocean, crossing from the United States to find a new home in Australia.
But authorities now consider the bird a quarantine risk and plan to kill it.
Melbourne resident Kevin Celli-Bird said on Thursday he discovered the exhausted bird in his back yard on December 26. It had disappeared from a race in the US state of Oregon on October 29.
The Australian Agriculture Department is considering sending out professional bird wranglers to assist Celli-Bird (I mean…really? Celli-Bird? Really?) in capturing the stowaway.
Given the current electoral climate in America and new Big Tech censorship rules meant to supposedly curb violence, naming a bird that is about to be executed “Joe Biden” seems a bit fowl foul. Perhaps their Agriculture Department needs to be investigated for threats against an American statesman?
originally posted by: ketsuko
It's just weird and tragic at the same time
Poor thing survives 8,000 miles off course only to end up getting put down, and then of all the things they could call it, they saddle it with Joe's name.