Friday, October 25, 2013

Doping Birds! Belgian Racing Pigeons Fly High on Coke and Painkillers

Slippery slope....  Let me guess, "Everybody was doing it" but I blame the trainers.


Nothing is sacred it appears in the high-flying world of pigeon racing in Belgium, where six birds were found to have been doped with drugs such as cocaine and painkillers, Belgian media reported Thursday.

Cycling-mad Belgium is used to hearing of sports stars pumped up on performance-enhancing drugs, but officials are now homing-in on the birds used in a sport which rakes in millions in breeding and prize monies.

The Belgian pigeon-racing federation sent samples from 20 birds to the National Horseracing Authority of Southern Africa after a recent exchange visit, two Flemish dailies reported.

Although tests on the same birds in Belgium had not revealed a problem, the South African lab did.
 

Belgian Racing Pigeons Fly High on Coke and Painkillers

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