(AP Video/Mark Carlson) Two pigeons play in their loft in Ranst, Belgium, Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo) Pigeon breeder champion Frans Bungeneers speaks in front of his pigeon lofts ...

RANST, Belgium (AP) — Belgium's once pastoral pastime of pigeon racing has come to this ... I cried like a little boy because my life’s work was completely destroyed,” Bungeneers said outside his loft ...

The sport is grappling with an unprecedented wave of unsolved pigeon pilfering that has hit several of the best birds in the ...

Belgium’s once-pastoral pastime of pigeon racing has come to this: Drones swoop over lofts where valuable birds are housed to look for security weaknesses, laser sensors set off alarm ...

Pigeon breeder champion Frans Bungeneers ... was completely destroyed,” Bungeneers said outside his loft where he had to restart his breeding and racing almost from scratch.

RANST, Belgium (AP) — Belgium's once pastoral pastime of pigeon racing has come ... Bungeneers said outside his loft where he had to restart his breeding and racing almost from scratch.

This is a story from the beginning when the Eagleson Busschaerts began to shine in Ireland right up to the current pigeons raced in the present day.

RANST, Belgium (AP) — Belgium’s once pastoral pastime of pigeon racing has come to this: Drones swoop over lofts where valuable birds are housed to look for security weaknesses, laser sensors ...

RANST, Belgium — Belgium’s once pastoral pastime of pigeon racing has come ... Bungeneers said outside his loft where he had to restart his breeding and racing almost from scratch.