Hundreds of pigeons emerge from a slim opening in a backyard shed outfitted into a coop, their heads bobbing as their owner, Wilberto Aponte out, shoos them out, gruffly urging them to fly. In a ...

And for Vusatyi, who had been raising and training pigeons since he was 5 years old, the birds were “a true source of comfort and emotional support,” said his daughter-in-law, Viktoriia Myrna. The ...