For all you pigeon and bird haters (Ade) read on.

Live Pigeon Shooting was held only once in Olympic history, in 1900. The object of this event was to shoot and kill as many birds as possible. This was the first and only time in Olympic history when animals were killed on purpose. The birds were released in front of a participant and the winner was the competitor who shot down the most birds from the sky. The participant was eliminated once they missed two birds. Nearly 300 birds were killed. The event turned out to be quite messy in the end with dead or injured birds on the ground and blood and feathers all over the place. An award of 20,000 Francs was the prize for the winner, though the top four finishers agreed to split the winnings.

Rabc009:

For all you pigeon and bird haters (Ade) read on.

Live Pigeon Shooting was held only once in Olympic history, in 1900. The object of this event was to shoot and kill as many birds as possible. This was the first and only time in Olympic history when animals were killed on purpose. The birds were released in front of a participant and the winner was the competitor who shot down the most birds from the sky. The participant was eliminated once they missed two birds. Nearly 300 birds were killed. The event turned out to be quite messy in the end with dead or injured birds on the ground and blood and feathers all over the place. An award of 20,000 Francs was the prize for the winner, though the top four finishers agreed to split the winnings.

I may even take up the sport myself.

Down with the Pigeons.

kidrock72:

Rabc009:

For all you pigeon and bird haters (Ade) read on.

Live Pigeon Shooting was held only once in Olympic history, in 1900. The object of this event was to shoot and kill as many birds as possible. This was the first and only time in Olympic history when animals were killed on purpose. The birds were released in front of a participant and the winner was the competitor who shot down the most birds from the sky. The participant was eliminated once they missed two birds. Nearly 300 birds were killed. The event turned out to be quite messy in the end with dead or injured birds on the ground and blood and feathers all over the place. An award of 20,000 Francs was the prize for the winner, though the top four finishers agreed to split the winnings.

Thanks for bringing this Olympic sport to my attention! I shall be emailing Seb Coe to get this sport re-intoduced for the London 2012 Olympics.

I may even take up the sport myself.

 

 

Down with the Pigeons.

I thought you were a veggie?

Biggsy:

kidrock72:

Rabc009:

For all you pigeon and bird haters (Ade) read on.

Live Pigeon Shooting was held only once in Olympic history, in 1900. The object of this event was to shoot and kill as many birds as possible. This was the first and only time in Olympic history when animals were killed on purpose. The birds were released in front of a participant and the winner was the competitor who shot down the most birds from the sky. The participant was eliminated once they missed two birds. Nearly 300 birds were killed. The event turned out to be quite messy in the end with dead or injured birds on the ground and blood and feathers all over the place. An award of 20,000 Francs was the prize for the winner, though the top four finishers agreed to split the winnings.

Thanks for bringing this Olympic sport to my attention! I shall be emailing Seb Coe to get this sport re-intoduced for the London 2012 Olympics.

I may even take up the sport myself.

 

 

Down with the Pigeons.

I thought you were a veggie?

But after having a few distressing bird incidents in the past! I'm all for taking a few pigeons out....