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2025-08-07 Africa Subsaharan

Nigeria seizes 1,600 birds in 'largest' wildlife-trafficking bust

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#1 War pigeon

During World War I and World War II, carrier pigeons were used by the Australian, French, German, American, and UK forces, to transport messages back to their home coop behind the lines. When they landed, wires in the coop would sound a bell or buzzer and a soldier of the Signal Corps would know a message had arrived. The soldier would go to the coop, remove the message from the canister, and send it to its destination by telegraph, field phone, or personal messenger.

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