Start them young. Give them a good home so they want to come back. By Malia Wollan “Don’t get too attached,” says Joseph LaQuiere, a 16-year-old youth ambassador for the American Racing Pigeon Union.

The Melbourne City Council is defending its decision to spend $60,000 on a pigeon loft at Batman Park in the city. The nest was built last year to lure the city's 60,000 pigeons away from their usual ...