The Adventures of Bob the Pigeon and Mr Todd

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If you’d seen the state of him the first time I saw a photograph of him, it was quite upsetting actually, because he looked really down in the dumps.

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His story received plenty of media attention and the pigeon fancier was even flown to America first class for free. Elite New York model agency DROPS fashion model and interior designer Camilla Deterre after she posted. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. Alan said he began to fear the worst, thinking he may have been killed, describing him as looking 'down in the dumps' when he saw a photo. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.A pigeon has been reunited with his owner after getting more than he bargained for when he ended up in Alabama - but he was meant to go to Gateshead. Instead of going north, he went 4000 miles west, ending up across the Atlantic and lost in the US state of Alabama. Alan's voice and as soon as he heard it he turned his head and he recognised his voice straight away and I thought that was the sweetest thing, so I think he's probably ready to go home. But Mr Todd was shocked when an animal shelter in Alabama informed him that Bob had been spotted thousands of miles from home. A dedicated racing pigeon owner has been reunited with his prized bird after flying 4,000 miles to Alabama to bring it back to the UK after it got lost on its way home.

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Since arriving back on Tyneside on Friday (29 July), Mr Todd has been doing his best to make sure Bob is back to his usual self. And he had to go through quarantine and have tests to check he didn’t have bird flu before he could get his travel documents. Women who wore images of Hamas paragliders taking part in the attack on Israel to be charged - but they. The four-year-old blue pied cock pigeon has won racing awards including West Durham Amalgamation Old Bird of the Year 2019. British Soap Awards are CANCELLED: ITV make surprise announcement ceremony will not take place next year.

Bob had been overstaying his welcome in a man's house and shelter staff had checked his microchip and were shocked to learn he was from the UK.

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When Bob finally landed in the US, he showed up in the garden of a man in Mexia, Monroe County, and refused to leave, despite the owner’s best efforts at shooing him away. Bob will need a clean bill of health from a US vet before he’s allowed to travel the 4,000 miles home, and Alan will need a pet import licence to bring the bird into the country legally. Married dad-of-two Alan, who keeps 120 pigeons behind his home, says he’ll roll out the red carpet for his prized bird. Alan says even his local MP has stepped in to help after reading Bob’s story in The Sun, as have staff at transport experts IAG Cargo and officials at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).

It is 380 miles as the crow flies from Guernsey to Gateshead but, in the case of Bob the racing pigeon, it has ended up being quite a bit longer. IAG Cargo says it has transported many animals from dogs, to lions to turtles but it is the first time it has moved a pigeon.