Armando had been expected to break the previous record of 376,000 Euros paid for a pigeon called Nadine -- but not by such a wide margin. A star racing pigeon named Armando has fetched a record 1. ...

Belgium's once pastoral pastime of pigeon racing has come to this: Drones swoop over lofts where valuable birds are housed to look for security weaknesses, laser sensors set off alarms at night ...