FOWL play: Racing pigeons stolen in targeted break-ins

FOWL play: Racing pigeons stolen in targeted break-ins

After 48 racing pigeons were relieved from his Sidwell loft in the Eastern Cape, Niezaam Jappie is left counting the cost. In what was ‘clearly a calculated break-in,’ says the police, Jappie’s 2026 team of racing pigeons – acquired over nearly 15 years – was gone in an instant. The Eastern Cape man was in the delicate process of breeding 60 young racing pigeons for next year’s season. Unfortunately, only a few baby birds were left behind after …