A newly hatched blue-eyed ground dove chick. (Chester Zoo via SWNS)
A trio of blue-eyed ground dove chicks. (Chester Zoo via SWNS)
Blue-eyed ground dove chicks at 20 days old, picture taken Spring 2025 in Parque das Aves, Brazil. (Chester Zoo via SWNS)
A blue-eyed ground dove egg being candled to show embryo, picture taken in Spring 2025 in Parque das Aves, Brazil. (Chester Zoo via SWNS)
Victoria Kaldis feeding a blue-eyed ground dove chick, picture taken in Spring 2025 in Parque das Aves, Brazil. (Chester Zoo via SWNS)
Pigeon fanciers across the India-Pakistan divide can't meet face-to-face, but share the same passion
The skill of "kabutar-baazi" pigeon flying stretches back centuries, straddling a border created at the violent end of British imperial rule in 1947
In the skies above the bunkers where Indian and Pakistani soldiers trade gunfire, masters of an ancient sport beloved on both sides seek to sn…