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Flying high: Gamers pump up pigeons with opium-laced water to keep them in the air for hours, prompting an outcry from animal rights activists

Pigeons and doves used in kabutarbazi, a popular sport, are being fed opium in water and injected medicines, claim PETA activists. Causing pain or death to birds is punishable under the Prevention of Animal Cruelty (PCA) Act. In the land of ‘Udta Punjab,’ not just humans, but animals are also being given drugs, it seems! Pigeons and doves used in kabutarbazi — a popular sport in the State’s rural parts […]