the record price for a pigeon: A prize-winning bird has introduced an online auction of his Belgian breeder the princely sum of 1.25 million Euro. The Flemish male pigeon Armando is more than three times as expensive as the previous ‘record-breaking prize-winner’ New Bliksem, brought in last November to 376,000 euros as the site for Pigeon fanciers Pigeon Paradise (Pipa.be) on Sunday announced. The buyer is supposed to be a Chinese.
no one had expected that the “magic” threshold of one Million euros will be exceeded, said Pipa. The exact price was, therefore, to 1.252.000 Euro. Armando comes from the loft of Joël Verschoot, one of the most respected breeders of Belgian pigeons. In the case of the multi-day auction, family auction to Sunday, a total of 178 pigeons for two million euros.
The pigeon sport, it is a question of which one of the animals over a distance of sometimes hundreds of kilometers, returns the fastest in its impact, it is especially popular in Belgium, Northern France and the Netherlands. However, the Tradition was for some time in decline. Least a growing demand from Asia, however, has the interest in the birds again a little strengthened.
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According to the Belgian news Agency Belga, it is also the buyer of Armando a Chinese. He had Belgium’s fastest long distance pigeon, probably for breeding purposes at the auction. (AFP)
