Penny (formerly Cypress)
On January 19th, I learned of an unreturnable racing pigeon that had been taken in to SFACC on the 12th. When I asked what her band said, I learned she was 12 years old and a couple thousand miles away from home. A volunteer had named her Cypress.
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MickaCoo was full and with a lot of birds on the waiting list ahead of Cypress but her plight really haunted me. Racing pigeons endure a lot and face a ton of risks. The fact that she was 12 years old and still in one piece was pretty amazing. It was like having a war veteran locked up. It seemed particularly unfair.
I decided to jump her ahead of the other birds on our waiting list and reached out to a pigeon lover who I trusted would give her a good life in the time she has left. (Some pigeons can live to 20 and older.)
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Cypress did great in the car and even snacked on the way.
Her adopter, Russ, has renamed her Penny.
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And she has already found a mate in a fine, all white homer named Scooter. He's only 8 years old which makes Penny an official MickaCoogar.
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Your help is needed to keep MickaCoo Pigeon & Dove Rescue aloft. Please adopt, get involved and/or donate.
Thank you!
1 Comments:
Awww, the age and pairing are so much like Chauncey and Clive!
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