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Bob is a four-year old homing pigeon who is trained to fly long journeys and return home, but this time he got a little lost!
He was supposed to make a 10 hour trip from Guernsey in the Channel Islands up to Gateshead in the north east of England.
However, three weeks after he took off, he was found 4000 miles away in Alabama in the US!
He was found in someone’s home and is now being cared for by a vet while waiting for his owner to make the journey from the UK to get him.
Bob and his owner, Alan Todd have been reunited over video chat after he was found very confused in an Alabama home.
Mr Todd said: “He wouldn’t have flown all that way, I think he has probably jumped on to a ship.”
“He was covered in oil – it could have been an oil tanker.
“They are obviously looking after him very well… looking at him today he looks a lot better just in one day.”
The vets looking after Bob say, although he is a little underweight, he’s in good health.
Staff at Monroe County Alabama Animal Shelter were able to track down Alan in England because of Bob’s distinctive leg bands.
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