I live in Pigeon Country”. All my neighbors have pigeon and they take them very serious. I brought in a sewing room for my wife when I first bought the house and my neighbor comes running over to the fence saying in his foreign polish voice, you get pigeons? No, I responded with him saying, “pigeons are good you should get some. Well in a joking tone I said, “Oh do they taste like chicken”? He found no humor in that at all.
They race the pigeons for money. He said one pot was up to $70,000. How could this be? Gambling is illegal in Florida. Of course he said, well a lot of things are illegal. So, if I decide to run a meth lab in my backyard how is that any different. Is one more illegal than the other? So I later found out from other neighbors he was telling the truth. Not only that but they are only suppose to have a certain number of pigeons on their property. So why do they have 3 huge pigeon houses if they can only have 20 pigeons?
Maybe the “10 Commandments” are written in order? Maybe some commandments are more serious than others or do they carry equal sin? A sin is a sin, a law is a law. When you violate the law knowingly you’re no better than someone who operates that Meth Lab. Am I right or do I not understand something.
Agreed!! Was just researching this pigeon racing thing & came across your post along with the laws & regulations on keeping them. I’m confused as well. My neighbor has well over 20 pigeons & not only that, but I often find them sitting on my roof if they’re not found torn to shreds lying in a pool of blood in my front yard. There have been countless occasions that I have been woken from a sound sleep in the wee hors of the morning only to hear her hooting & hollering at these birds & firing off fire crackers, bells, & whistles to grab their attention as well. Wouldn’t that fall under breaking some type of noise ordinance before 8am? I read about the gambling & also have a friend in the neighborhood that is not a pigeon owner & has lived here for years confirm my suspicions on the illegalities involved in this “sport”. I am actively searching for the right person to speak to regarding this matter.