Belgium’s once pastoral pastime of pigeon racing has come to this: Drones swoop over lofts where valuable pigeons are housed to look for security weaknesses, laser sensors set off alarms at night and cameras linked live to mobile apps keep potential thieves at bay — 24/7.
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This winter season is “extreme,” Pascal Bodengien, the head of the Belgian Pigeon Racing Federation, told The Associated Press. “Not a week goes by without a theft somewhere.”Man accused of hiding stolen ‘Wizard of Oz’ ruby slippers plans to plead guilty, attorney says Pigeon breeder champion Frans Bungeneers holds one of his pigeons in Ranst, Belgium, Monday, Jan. 13, 2025.
He never got his birds back even though the thieves were caught in Romania and convicted in Belgium. He never saw the 400,000 euros in damages he was awarded because the criminals were ruled insolvent. It makes this winter’s string of high profile theft all the more poignant since he knows what it means to each of them.
Pigeon breeder champion Frans Bungeneers holds one of his pigeons in Ranst, Belgium, Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. “I remember a colleague of mine who went into the prosecutor’s office and the magistrate said: ‘gentlemen, what are we going to do? Start prosecuting the theft of chickens, rabbits and pigeons?’”
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