while I agree that there are a lot of unfit /unhealthy pigeons sent ,this has always been the case however it doesnt explain the increase in losses over the years in itself, perhaps as you say crap pigeons, maybe over the years the homing intinct has been
bred out of a lot of them by the big studs etc, breeding off birds never out of the loft and many times removed from the actual champions, add that to the BOP problem and the increased usage of mobile phones etc this will become the norm in future unless we act (I dont have the answers to that)soon. jmo