Police hunt for pigeon worth $184 000

Police in Germany are looking for a missing pigeon, and any finder could be in line for a 10 000-euro ($12 250) reward.

Police in Germany are looking for a missing pigeon, and any finder could be in line for a 10 000-euro ($12 250) reward.

Published Dec 23, 2014

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Berlin - Police in Germany are looking for a missing pigeon, and any finder could be in line for a 10 000-euro ($12 250) reward.

Duesseldorf police said on Tuesday that the 6-year-old male homing pigeon, named AS 969, was stolen at some point on Saturday night from a locked aviary in the city's suburbs.

They say the light gray bird is valued by its owner at 150 000 euros ($184 000) and police suspect the thief or thieves were “connoisseurs” as it was the most valuable in an aviary full of other homing pigeons.

The owner offered a 10 000-euro reward for the bird's recovery. - Sapa-AP

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