WOW! Pigeon USD205.000 Appreciated

KERMT - Who would have thought pigeons could be a promising result for retirement. The price could reach Rp1, 8 billion.

Like the Blue Prince, the bird reaches the value of USD205 thousand, or approximately Rp1, 8 billion. The value was fantastic to breed the bird.

Even recently the two auction houses in the Belgian racing pigeon auction whose value is to break the record, the buyers came from China.

"They want the best pigeons, have the best pigeons and birds to breed the best," said Stefan Roosen after the buyer from China managed to buy up 218 from his father's flock of pigeons with a total value of USD1, 8 million or approximately Rp16 billion. Birds are not diperlombakan in China, because of fears of getting lost because its value is very expensive. So quotes the Associated Press on Friday (14/01/2011).

In pigeon racing in Europe, the birds are taken from the nest through a thousand miles along the road and then removed. The race is determined by which birds return quickly.

"With a high economic level, race birds in China, too, grow," said Yi Minna, Responsible Pipe pigeon auction house, which regulates sales.

"Gifts given in the bird race was fairly fantastic, worth billions. Prize money reaches $ 1, 31 million (Rp11, 8 billion) in Shanghai, the winner could get half of that value," he concluded