I did a post about pigeon racing in Taiwan sometime back, and David on Formosa was good enough to leave a suggestion that I watch a National Geographic program called "The Pigeon Game" on that very topic. Missed it, but caught it several months later. Great stuff.
Anyways, National Geographic is showing it twice again tonight: at 8 pm and at 2 am. If you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend it.
UPDATE (Apr 15/07): A column by someone who holds that Taiwan should legalize gambling on pigeon racing, rather than on horse and auto racing. Interesting idea, although I’m not sure that pigeon racing has as much international tourist appeal as the author claims. Unlike horse and auto racing, pigeon racing isn’t a spectator sport – the races can take a few days, and the participants reach the "finish line" (actually, finish coop) within 20 minutes or so of each other.
I did one too a while back. Fascinating topic.
http://michaelturton.blogspot.com/2007/03/raising-and-napping-racers.html
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That’s a GOOD post. I know I read it back in March, but I forgot all about it. Thanks for the link!