The Narbonne pigeon drama: 20,000 pigeons missing: “We can speak of a disaster flight” | animals

Drama in the pigeon world: a flight from Narbonne in France went completely wrong this weekend. Of the 26,000 released pigeons, only 5,000 have returned, the others have completely lost their way north in a thunderstorm. Among others, pigeon fancier Rudi Oliviers (62) from Kumtich has lost 40 pigeons, and with that a lot of money and years of work. How could this have happened? “The pigeons should never have been released on Friday morning.”