Racing pigeons still missing after getting lost in storm over France Thousands of the birds became disoriented with one even showing up on a sailing yacht near Sardinia
France’s army platoon of carrier pigeons is one of its kind in Europe The 200 birds are looked after by Maréchal des Logis Sylvain, of the 8th Régiment de Transmissions at Mont Valérien in Hauts-de-Seine
Living larders that gave food from the sky Before gas, electricity, refrigeration or other modern conveniences people scraped a living from the land.