Cubans breed pigeons as a lockdown escape

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Need an escape from lockdown?

Cubans are breeding pigeons to keep busy

and disconnect from the stresses of the world

Location: Havana, Cuba

They even have a club: The Seductive Pigeon Promotion Club

PRESIDENT OF THE SEDUCTIVE PIGEON PROMOTION CLUB, PEDRO MARRERO, SAYING:

"We are locked inside, you know? Everything is restricted and we have a place to escape, which is the roof. We go up to the roof, we have our animals and we have a good time there, we enjoy catching an animal, we enjoy training a pigeon."

PIGEON KEEPER, YOSBANY DE LA ROSA, SAYING:

"I feel love for them. There are people who don't have the same opinion. There are people who see them for marketing purposes, to sell them."