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Not everyone knows that every year in Taiwan more than million pigeons involved in dubious entertainment that satisfied with people – bird racing.
Countless young pigeons locked in cages they are taken by ship to the sea, where they are set free. In an attempt to find the shore and fly to it the vast majority of birds drown, and also broken up against each other and about the ship. If you believe livestock advocates, less than one percent of these unfortunate birds fly to land. However, there they catch birds to compare the code printed on their plumage, and again planted in cells. It goes about a huge business, the total volume of bets in which may exceed billion dollars a year.
In 2014-2015, the Taiwanese government staged a series large-scale raids on pigeon racing clubs, having seized many technicians and arresting a total of 164 people. However, this nothing has changed in principle, since underground seasonal races continue in the country to this day: after all, such activities It brings the organizers a huge profit that can be compared with selling drugs.
Despite the fact that you have the right to put your money on any bird out of thousands of birds may not fly to the coast alone, so the organizer always remains a big win. Thus, the barbarian tradition based on the human passion on the one hand and his greed – on the other, until going to fade. And fighting this evil is just as difficult as fighting selling and using drugs …
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