Sometimes a bird in the hand is worth much, much more than two in the bush. Two Chinese bidders operating under the pseudonyms Super Duper and Hitman drove up the price of a prized Belgian racing ...

A racing pigeon was bought at auction last Sunday – and the price tag was nothing to coo at. New Kim, a Belgian-bred racing pigeon, was sold for $1.9 million to a wealthy Chinese bidder under the ...

New Kim is worth her weight in gold and then some — actually much, much more.A wealthy Chinese pigeon racing fan put down a record price of 1.6 million euros ($1.9 million) for the Belgian-bred bird, ...

RANST, Belgium — Belgium’s once pastoral pastime of pigeon racing has come to this: Drones swoop over lofts where valuable birds are housed to look for security weaknesses, laser sensors set off ...

New Kim, a two-year old female racing pigeon, sold for $1.9 million. A wealthy Chinese pigeon racing fan paid the record price for the Belgian-bred bird. It was proof again that an age-old hobby in ...

BEIJING, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Yu Yuguang's heart beats faster every time he stands on his roof, eyes trained to the sky waiting for one of his pigeons to pass through the trap door of its home loft.

A doping scandal rocked the hallowed sport of pigeon racing this week after six birds tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs. Yes, everything in that sentence was true. Don't think ...

A bird in the hand is worth $1.9 million in the bank. That’s the sky-high sum that a prized Belgian racing pigeon named New Kim fetched at auction on Sunday, setting a new world record. Two Chinese ...

A hen bred in Belgium — she's named New Kim — just fetched a record price at auction: $1.9 million. The anonymous Chinese buyer also purchased the previous record holder last year. Good morning. I'm ...