YOUR COMMENTS

I have written the jounalist that wrote this story. I would like to adopt Trouble but don't know how to reach the finders.
I have a small pigeon loft with Homers, Tumblers and Fantails.
Homers and fancy pigeons are not wild.
- Waynette E., Northwood, NH

Rick,
I never said the bird was filthy. I said it has the instinct to know what to do when it gets hungry. The fact that it's a designer pigeon changes little in my mind. Go down to the millyard building just north of Jillians and listen to the hawk recording that they use to try to keep the swarm of pigeons from roosting on the buildings and damaging them. That stupid recording is really annoying. Ask the building owners. Ask the employees who have the paint damaged on their cars after several years of enduring pigeon droppings. Pigeons have learned over the centuries to hang around people because we are lazy, messy, and leave our trash everywhere for them to pick through. Unless there was a reward on that racing pigeon, I would do nothing more than wish it the best of luck.

I've been here 15 years. I used to have serveral bird feeders and suet hanging in my backyard but I can't do that anymore. We have feral cats that have been living off of the rodents in the wetland behind my property - for years. When I used to put out birdseed the cats would hide under my deck so that they can ambush the birds. I can't enjoy the birds anymore from my kitchen window. Who do I see about that? I would feed a stray dog, but not a stray cat - not in my neighborhood, not anymore.
- David R, Manchester

Sorry, Im an animal lover and I couldnt let an animal, especially when you know it once belonged to someone, starve to death.

I have domesticated cockatiels and if I had the space, I would gladly take Trouble in...

Im not impressed with the guy from Pennsylvania saying "The man in Pennsylvania said he gave the bird away at the end of the recent racing season, but doesn't know who he gave it to."

To me, he knows very well who he sold it to but may very well be lying to save himself from humiliation. He is definitely not someone I would do business with if he cant keep track of his sales...
- Melanie, Manchester

I actually had a white dove appear at my house that I was able to pick up and everything. I took it in and now have it in a cage in my yard. I tried letting it go, but he keeps coming back to me. I actually like him a lot which is why I decided to keep him. He has no tracking band, so I can't even find his owner.
- Karri Khoury, Derry, NH

Its great to have people care for all animals know madder what they are. We need more people to take care of gods creatures,because who will to many animals are homeless .
- rachel, berlin n.h

We had one of these as well the beginning of July... we left for vacation and it was gone when we came back. It didn't look like this bird it had much more gray. Amazing that these birds are let go in the name of sport and obviously never come home.
- KO, manchester west sider

I would not stop feeding the bird. He may starve to death if he's been raised by humans his whole life. I have 4 doves and two of them were found in rough shape on door steps. A wild pigeon would never do that. Just keep trying to find a home. Try craigslist and shelters.
- Lucy, Roslindale MA

It's obvious these people care about animals, even if they don't want it, what's the harm in taking care of it until they can find someone who will take it off their hands? Good story, and I hope Trouble finds a permanant home soon, away from David R please!
- Tammy, manchester

David R., this is not one of those filthy, disease-ridden nuisance "rats with wings" you see around Elm Street that craps all over everyone and everything downtown. This pigeon is a semi-domesticated pigeon. It has been fed since it was hatched.

In that context, would you tell somebody to stop feeding a stray dog or cat?
- Rick Olson, Manchester

I can see why the pigeon was given away after a race. Probably not the smartest pigeon in the coop...
- Mike, Portsmouth

Stop feeding the bird. It's a pigeon - and an opportunist by nature. It WILL hang out at your house all winter if you continue to feed it. Why? Because it's a heck of a lot easier than flying over to downtown Manchester to look for food scraps on the sidewalks.
- David R, Manchester