Homing pigeons cannot be released in the wild because they will keep returning to their place of origin, in this case the house in Webster.

The first recorded use of homing pigeons to carry messages was in 776 B.C. when the birds hauled news of the winner of the Olympic games to Athenians. Pigeons were widely used during World Wars I ...

Wolfgang Wiltschko, Roswitha Wiltschko, Homing pigeons as a model for avian navigation?, Journal of Avian Biology, Vol. 48, No. 1 (January 2017), pp. 66-74 ...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Organizers of a race for homing pigeons are still scratching their heads in wonder after about 75 percent of the birds -- famous for their ability to find their way home ...

Homing pigeons cannot be released in the wild because they will keep returning to their place of origin, in this case the house in Webster.