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The name of the pigeon is New Kim. The two-year-old girl pigeon was recently put up for auction.
A wealthy man from China bought the pigeon at an auction on Sunday for about two million dollars (about 16 crore rupees in Bangladeshi currency).
This, of course, is not a common pigeon. New Kim is a special species of pigeon. What is known as ‘Racing Pigeon’.
And that was a record for racing pigeon sales. The job of this particular species of pigeon is to participate in flying competitions. Pigeons are usually released at a distance of one hundred to one thousand.
The first to fly home is the winner. A large sum of money will match its owner.
The latest winner in the pigeon competition is Armando, later named Formula One race champion Lewis Hamilton.
New Kim has also won multiple contests since 2016 and has since retired. She has given birth to several children in her spare time.
The owner of New Kim, a Belgian family, was pleasantly surprised to see that the pigeon was selling for this huge amount of money.
The hobby of the rich Chinese man who bought it is collecting homing pigeons.
Pigeon racing has become very popular in China recently.
New Kim’s daughter is a pigeon, so its price is so high that it can be used to breed pigeons of this species.
The winner of the auction, Chinese citizen Kim Kim, is expected to use the breed for pigeon breeding.
Source: BBC
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