Things Are Not Looking Good For Pigeon Racing

[Guest CS]

Pigeon racing as a hobby is facing a bit of a crisis in the UK.

 

"The Royal Pigeon Racing Association announced it has lost £50,000 in

the past 12 months.

 

"The crisis was sparked by the Government’s ban from August on racing

the birds overseas due to fears the pigeons would become infected

abroad."

 

The rest of the article is here:

<http://tinyurl.com/ykg7t7>

[schouwman71]

doesnt  sound good,we will just have to keep our chins up,but its also because theres a lot leaving the sport and less joining,so its loosing through membership aswell.

[Guest]

makes you laugh though the way the press word things.

[Guest Paulo]

thats it chins up

[Guest Gareth Rankin]

With the amount of members that the rpra has it is really nothing to worry about, £50,000 / 40,000 members = £1.25 per member.

[pault]

The money m&d evans made says to me that the sport is not dieing

it is just changing may be for the better or not . who knows time will decide as well as the members of the r.p.r.a and other organistions. :-/