- Indian Fantail
The Indian Fantail is a
breed offancy pigeon developed over many years ofselective breeding . Indian Fantails, along with other varieties of domesticated pigeons are all descendants from theRock Pigeon ("Columba livia").cite book |last=Levi |first=Wendell |title= The Pigeon|year= 1977|publisher= Levi Publishing Co, Inc|location= Sumter, S.C.|isbn=0853900132 ]The introduction of this variety to the
U.S.A. was a strange one. In 1926. A shipment of four pythons was on its way to theSan Diego Zoo inCalifornia fromIndia .The journey over seas lasted many days and to ensure the reptiles didn’t go hungry, Indian fantail pigeons, found exclusively in India until then, were given to the pythons as snake feed.By the time the ship reached California, only two survived.
The keepers at the San Diego Zoo who had obviously never seen Indian fantail pigeons before were so taken by their distinct looks that they decided to keep, and later breed and develop them. It was from these two lucky birds that the species of Indian fantail pigeons spread beyond Indian shores and reached the farthest corners of the world. [cite web| last =Farooqui | first =Mazhar
title =Tale of the Fantail: Two pigeons and a story | publisher =Xpress News
url =http://www.xpress4me.com/news/uae/sharjah/20005814.html | format =Web article
accessdate =2008-02-14 ]References
See also
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List of pigeon breeds
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