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A pigeon which crossed the Pacific Ocean from the United States to Australia may soon meet its end after authorities deemed it a quarantine risk.

A Melbourne man discovered the bird in his backyard on Boxing Day two months after it disappeared from a race in Oregon.

Australia's quarantine authorities say the bird is not permitted to remain in the country because it could present contamination and disease risks.

 

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I’m not an English scholar but please somebody clarify if use of “which” as opposed to “that” is correct?

Pathetic.

So are they going to do the same to all the mutton birds and others that are migratory?

How dare that bird not quarantine for 2 weeks

Why can’t it be quarantined?

So what next ..swallows or any bird that migrates...Quanrtine would do..as they do for dogs n cats He dont eat much..we may need his type for communicaton (carrier pigeon) down the track ...as we are ..all censored by thought POLICE these days

It’s carrying a note from Trump. Censorship has gone too far.

It had been exposed to the word COVID

Spare its life

It was just trying to flee communism. Send it back so it can go into re-education with everyone else

Why kill it, send it back...now if it could play tennis, or be Tom Hanks...

Surely skyaustnews , it must be Dans fault, Miranda has been discussing this with Rachel Baxendole and have agreed that there's a perfectly logical argument to point the finger at Dan

Is safely capturing a bird beyond the talent of Australian Authorities then? Especially laughable if it's been hanging round the same spot for weeks. Properly daft.

What about a Covid infected tennis star from the US ?

Must be a Trump supporter 😉

This is a typical post by to spread fear and misinformation. It's got nothing to do with the Rona you morons.

🤣

Hello morons. Bird migrate all over the planet every year. Just more media BS. Can’t believe people are still buying these lies.

You clowns, that Pigeon could not and did not fly from US. Australian trainers use US tags as it helps locate their birds. Do some research first.

Have they tested it for covid.

Chinese spy

Hope it’s not a symbolic prophetic act? 🧐🔭🔍🔬✍🏼 (or wishful thinking 🤔 statement?)

Barnaby Joyce would say it can bugger off.

Give him a tennis racquet, and dictator Dan will let him stay jamiejanides Tigermark14 pidgeons can play tennis too

Did he have bird flu?

what if it seeks asylum?

Can we do this for the Chinese as well

Haha, this is a good one - you had me going for a minute until I realised it was a joke .... .... it IS a joke .... right?

Even the pigeon couldn’t stand Trump!

Millions of birds migrate here every year Farcical

This stinks of PeterDutton_MP

Truly disgusting, and despicable 😑

So all migratory birds are now international terrorists by potentially bringing in a virus. WTAF have these people been smoking?

The world has gone mad we are all Howard Hughes now

The world is retarded.

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