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Your help is very much appreciated. The pigeon must be contained and held for collection.

Racing pigeons are well trained by their owners but sometimes they can get lost due to dehydration, etc. If you see a pigeon that is weak and lost try to catch it (if it can get away the bird is most probably okay). Lost racing pigeons can be very hungry and tired because they are used to being fed and watered by their owner so if you have one in please give it some water in a small (but deep) container and maybe some food (eg. rice, dried peas, lentils, corn). Lost racing pigeons are also in great danger from predators such as cats and hawks.

A pigeon maybe identifiable by a name and telephone number stamped on it's wing feathers you can check for this by gently holding the bird and stretching the wing out and a stamp will be on the end feathers (it's is important to check both wings). Also sometimes pigeons carry telephone rings and you can check for that on the birds leg (a metal identification ring is on all racing pigeons but is not a telephone ring). If the bird has been lost during a race it will have a rubber ring on one leg too (ignore this as it cannot identify the owner). If there is no owner identification on the bird please note the metal (plastic covered) ring number (usually on the right leg).

Example
Numbers are 'GB2001A50080' or 'NEHU2001HAR2158' the first letters on the ring identify which union the bird belongs (Prefix - below). The rest of the ring number is classed as the identification 'part' this should be given to the pigeon union that you wish to deal with.

Prefix	Contact Info
GB	Royal Racing Pigeon Association The Reddings, Nr. Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. DL51 6RN Tel: 01452 713529 Online: http://www.rpra.org/Default.aspx?tabid=100
NEHU	North of England Homing Union 58, Ennerdale Road, Walker Dene, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. NE6 4DG Tel: 0191 262 5440 Online: Email: lostbirds@nehu.co.uk
NWHU	North West Homing Union 279, Mossy Lea Rd, Wrightington, Nr. Wigan. WN6 9RN Tel: 01257 421271 Online: Email: nwhu@blueyonder.co.uk
SU	Scottish Homing Union 231A, Low Waters Road, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. ML3 7QN Tel: 01698 286983 Online: http://www.shuonline.co.uk/strays/strays.htm
WHU	Welsh Homing Pigeon Union Old Timothy's Yard, Llanfoist Street, Ton Pentre, Rhondda. CF41 7EE Tel: 01443 441010 gail@whpu.org.uk
IHU	Irish Homing Union 38, Ballynhatty Road, Belfast. BT8 8LE Tel: 028 9064 4231 Please Note: Serial Letter 'N' rings report to: Mr J Hughes, 44, Ashbourn Park, Lambeg, Lisburn. BT27 4NS Serial Letter 'S' rings report to: S. Lehane, 69, Lorcan Crescent, Santry, Dublin 9.
NPA	National Pigeon Association Graham Giddings 10 Belton Road Sidcup Kent DA14 4AB Tel: 0208 300 6782
BELGE	Royale Federation Colombophile Belge (Belgium), 39, Rue de Livourne, Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium. Tel: 010 32 2537 4134 Online: Email: national@rfcb.be
FR	Federation Nationale Des Societies Colombophile de France (France), 54, Boulevard Carnot, 59042 Lille, Cedex, France. Tel: 010 33 20 068187 http://www.colombophiliefr.com/Egares/Egares-e.htm lost@colombophiliefr.com
DDR	Nationale Sporttauvenzuchter Vereingung in der Deutschen (Germany), Demokratischen Rebublik Federation Colombophile Nationale, 1071 Berlin, Wicherstrasse 10, Germany.
DV	Verband Deutscher Brieftaubenliebhaber E.V. Essen (Germany), Schonleinstrsse, 43, PO BOX 1792, West Germany.
HOLL/NL	Bureau NPO Landjuweel 38 (Holland), 3905 PH Veenedaal, Holland. Tel: 00 31 318 514583 Online: Email: bureau@npo.nl
PORT	Federacao Portuguesa de Colombophile (Portugal) Rua Padre, Estevao Cabral No. 79, Sala 205, 3000 Combra, Portugal.
ESP	Royale Federation Colombophile (Spain), Eloy Gonzalo nº 24 MADRID - Spain.
AU	American Union, Karen Clifton augrow@aol.com Tel: 405-848-5801 http://www.pigeon.org/lostbirdinfo.htm
IF	American Homing Pigeon Fanciers, Mr J Rotondo, 107, Jefferson Street, Belmont Hills, Pennysylvania, USA. http://www.ifpigeon.com/pigeons.html