https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2xx5p4mjx7o
A plaque paying tribute to a wartime pigeon has been destroyed in County Antrim.
The plaque had been erected in Carnlough, where Paddy was hatched and raised as a homing pigeon.
Paddy was awarded the Dickin Medal on 1 September, 1944, which is given for gallantry or devotion to duty while serving in military conflict and is often known as “the animal’s Victoria Cross”.
He managed to fly back to base with coded information on the Allied advance from Normandy in four hours and 50 minutes, which became the fastest record by message-carrier pigeon during the Normandy landings.
Patricia McConnell, chairperson of the Carnlough Community Association Group, says people in the village are “very annoyed”.
“It is a feature in Carnlough and we are so proud of Paddy the pigeon," she added.
Patricia believes the “senseless vandalism” may have been triggered by a recent ceremony held in the village to honour the bird.
“We had a ceremony here on Thursday to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Paddy the Pigeon and we had a wreath laid at the memorial.
"But that night the wreath went missing and it was found in the harbour. So someone had taken it off and thrown it in the water.
"Then on the Saturday night the plaque was broken”.
by DatBoi73
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Unionism has so little heroes that they have to celebrate a fucking bird.
Whoever did this, whether it be for some warped political reasonings or just some mindless teenager who wants to wreck everything and anything cause mommy and daddy don’t love him enough, I know only one thing for sure, it would be mentally painful to try and watch them explain themselves.