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News -> Summary of Bird Intake for 2021 SeasonSummary of Bird Intake for 2021 Season 2021-03-26
We entered the training phase of our program at the beginning of March and pigeons are flying and progressing well. Road training will intensify in April as planned. We have compiled a report of the pigeon numbers for the intake which started in July 2020. We received a total of 7565 pigeons represented by 40 countries from 747 participants.
The analysis is outlined in the following tables.
|
Total birds received per season |
|
|
Final Rate Date |
Bird Intake |
|
Jan 2017 |
1,710 |
|
Jan 2018 |
2,279 |
|
July 2019 |
3,720 |
|
Aug 2020 |
4,302 |
|
July 2021 |
7,565 |
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Bird Intake by Country - 2021 Race Season |
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|
Entrant's Country |
No. Of Birds |
% |
|
Australia |
14 |
0.2% |
|
Austria |
32 |
0.4% |
|
Bahrain |
73 |
1.0% |
|
Belgium |
595 |
7.9% |
|
Bulgaria |
42 |
0.6% |
|
Canada |
110 |
1.5% |
|
Czech Republic |
27 |
0.4% |
|
Denmark |
6 |
0.1% |
|
Egypt |
38 |
0.5% |
|
France |
145 |
1.9% |
|
Germany |
848 |
11.2% |
|
Greece |
5 |
0.1% |
|
Hungary |
14 |
0.2% |
|
India |
55 |
0.7% |
|
Iraq |
69 |
0.9% |
|
Ireland |
60 |
0.8% |
|
Italy |
16 |
0.2% |
|
Kuwait |
1,213 |
16.0% |
|
Mexico |
19 |
0.3% |
|
Mozambique |
16 |
0.2% |
|
Namibia |
5 |
0.1% |
|
Netherlands |
577 |
7.6% |
|
Oman |
25 |
0.3% |
|
Phillipines |
5 |
0.1% |
|
Poland |
183 |
2.4% |
|
Qatar |
457 |
6.0% |
|
Romania |
141 |
1.9% |
|
Saudi Arabia |
119 |
1.6% |
|
Slovakia |
93 |
1.2% |
|
Slovenia |
13 |
0.2% |
|
South Africa |
692 |
9.1% |
|
Spain |
41 |
0.5% |
|
Switzerland |
15 |
0.2% |
|
Thailand |
15 |
0.2% |
|
Trinidad |
22 |
0.3% |
|
Turkey |
9 |
0.1% |
|
United Arab Emirates |
45 |
0.6% |
|
United Kingdom |
198 |
2.6% |
|
United States |
1,158 |
15.3% |
|
Zimbabwe |
355 |
4.7% |
|
TOTAL |
7,565 |
100.0% |
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Shipment Analysis - 2021 Race Season |
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Shipment |
Arrival Date |
Birds Received |
Mortalities in Quarantine |
% |
|
Europe 1 |
15 Jul 20 |
256 |
2 |
0.8% |
|
Europe 2 |
12 Aug 20 |
472 |
1 |
0.2% |
|
Europe 3 |
16 Sep 20 |
920 |
3 |
0.3% |
|
Europe 4 |
14 Oct 20 |
652 |
1 |
0.2% |
|
Europe 5 |
19 Nov 20 |
552 |
15 |
2.7% |
|
Europe 6 |
02 Dec 20 |
308 |
1 |
0.3% |
|
India/ Australia (Zim bred) |
Various |
52 |
0 |
0.0% |
|
Kuwait 1 |
10 Sep 20 |
338 |
16 |
4.7% |
|
Kuwait 2 |
17 Sep 20 |
280 |
6 |
2.1% |
|
Kuwait 3 |
17 & 26 Oct 20 |
344 |
8 |
2.3% |
|
Kuwait 4 |
11 & 16 Nov 20 |
348 |
6 |
1.7% |
|
Kuwait 5 |
26 Nov & 1 Dec 20 |
192 |
25 |
13.0% |
|
Kuwait 6 |
09 Dec 20 |
33 |
0 |
0.0% |
|
Mozambique |
17 Nov 20 |
16 |
1 |
6.3% |
|
Qatar 1 |
28 Oct 20 |
291 |
37 |
12.7% |
|
Qatar 2 |
09 Dec 20 |
88 |
0 |
0.0% |
|
South Africa 1 |
18 Sep 20 |
196 |
0 |
0.0% |
|
South Africa 2 |
23 Oct 20 |
117 |
3 |
2.6% |
|
South Africa 3 |
29 Oct 20 |
23 |
1 |
4.3% |
|
South Africa 4 |
26 Nov 20 |
41 |
0 |
0.0% |
|
South Africa 5 |
04 Dec 21 |
375 |
6 |
1.6% |
|
Thailand |
26 Nov 20 |
15 |
0 |
0.0% |
|
USA 1 |
29 Aug 20 |
175 |
23 |
13.1% |
|
USA 2 |
03 Sep 20 |
198 |
0 |
0.0% |
|
USA 3 |
15 Oct 20 |
474 |
3 |
0.6% |
|
USA 4 |
20 Nov 20 |
454 |
3 |
0.7% |
|
Zimbabwe |
Various |
355 |
0 |
0.0% |
|
|
TOTAL |
7,565 |
161 |
2.1% |
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The Victoria Falls Team
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|---|---|---|
| Final Race | US$826,000 | 300 |
| 5 Hotspots | US$250,000 | 250 |
| Super Ace | US$60,000 | 100 |
| Grand Average | US$18,000 | 30 |
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| Knock Out | Trophy | 1 |
| US$1,166,000 | 701 |
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