Victoria Falls World Challenge Pigeon Race Loft, One race, held on the African continent, in Zimbabwe, the Zambezi River and Victoria Falls proves to be one of the most harsh, demanding and dangerous columbofile races from around the globe.
During the period of quarantine and even from the early trainings, weather conditions and natural hazards of the area have made their presence felt. As can be seen from the information displayed by the organizers from the pigeon arrivals in the 1710 Victoria Falls aviary pigeon, between 1.07-20.08.2016, 170 pigeons died in quarantine period (rough climate with high humidity, as well as other health problems) and 140 other pigeons in the first training guidance in the area of additional aviary pigeon. We must say that the orientation flights do not require competitors even half as request the real races.
| Birds received into the Vic Falls loft | 1710 | From 1 July – 20 Aug | |
| Mortalities during quarantine | 170 | 10% | From 1 July – 19 Sep |
| Losses during orientation and initial training | 140 | 8% | From 20 Sep to 20 Oct |
| Bird list 20 October | 1400 | 82% |
Another very important aspect is the real danger that it represents wild animals. Hwange National Park is a nature reserve which is found most of all African fauna. In fact, every moment of rest of a pigeon makes it turn into a potential victim.
The main factor that influence both mortality and overall status of pigeons are weather conditions. In this time of year in the Hwange are often torrential storms and temperature fluctuations in the ground and in the air, very big, with a maximum of over 40 degrees celsius felt by the human body. Humidity after these storms grow very much and the you can barely breathe.
In fact, from 1710 pigeons enrolled, after 9 training and 2 HotSpot, in the race remained only 613 pigeons.
Without dubt, only the strongest pigeons will finishing the race. Team Florea Sorin pigeons once again prove their qualities of great champions with excellent genes. After the last race, hotspot of the Gwayi River, which we must mention that it was also extremely demanding, temperature in air passing 40 degrees and the humidity incredibly high, the number of Team Florea Sorin pigeon who finished the race is 10, about 4 percent of the total competitors left in the contest, which says a lot about them.