A pigeon racer has been reunited with his prized bird Bob after it got lost on its way back to Gateshead - and ended up 4,000 miles away in Alabama in the US.
Alan Todd was worried sick after Bob the pigeon failed to return home from its journey from Guernsey to Gateshead, which should have taken between eight and 10 hours. But Alan was shocked when an animal shelter in Alabama got in touch to inform him that Bob was found thousands of miles away from home.
And so the dedicated owner flew to the US to bring Bob back home and thanked those who helped look after him including The Monroe County Animal Shelter who had been called to help deal with a pigeon who would not leave a man's home. On checking Bob's microchip, staff were shocked to discover he was from the UK.
