DESOTO COUNTY -- On a peaceful ranch at the end of a quiet country road, David Clausing awoke to discover someone had stolen 150 of the thoroughbreds he breeds for world-class racing. These aren't horses. They are pigeons. But these aren't your ordinary statue-perching pigeons -- they're world-class homing pigeons whose job is to race and breed more racers. The missing pigeons are worth between $5 ...
By Doug Zellmer of The Northwestern Bill Greenwald was at his happiest when he could see one of his racing pigeons win a 500-mile race or just enjoying the outdoors. Greenwald, 86, who died Sept. 11, is remembered for his 67 years of raising and flying racing pigeons. A pigeon loft in the back of his house on Lark Street in Oshkosh was like a second home for Greenwald. “He started ...
