roosterboy,,,,,that is not a nice thing to do to poor defenceless birds,worse to put it on here where REAL genuine pigeon men read it,also other animal poeple can see,,,,,a person like you gives the sport of pigeon keeping a real bad name,you may live in USA,but,do not come on PIGEONBASICS with your story of releasing birds to defend for themselves,i and i am sure many others on here are disgusted with your behaviour and attitude,pigeons of any breed deserve a life,,,,,,,ted ps,i will not argue on this,so,dont try to tell me otherwise,CRUEL,VERY CRUEL AND CALLOUS !!!!!!!!!!!!