A foreign-breed pigeon with tracking device was found in Halol

A Homar pigeon was found in a company near Gopipura village in Halol taluka with a tracking device and numbering ring stuck to it claws. The foreign breed pigeon is presently with the Shivrajpur forest department and the process is on to send the bird to FSL Gandhinagar for further investigation.

As per details given by Raj Bhavsar from Gujarat SPCA, they received a message about a Homar pigeon which was found inside a company near Gopipura village in Halol. He along with the Shivrajpur range RFO reached the company and took the pigeon to the veterinarian in Jambughoda.

The doctor carefully removed the ring from the pigeon’s leg and found it to be a micro device chip. The other ring on the second leg had some words written in foreign language. The pigeon will be send to the Gandhinagar FSL for further investigation.

Raj Bhavsar said, the rings seem to be something like a scanner or a research device. But everything will be clear after the investigation. He believed the Homar pegion might have been separated from its breeder and landed inside the company for water. The pigeon will undergo an X- Ray to be fully sure if there’s any chip inserted inside the body.