The rise may create problems for the
environment
By Telegraph Reporter
1:03PM GMT 16 Mar 2016
The fashion of releasing white doves at
weddings and funerals could see them multiply across the UK
The RSPB and nature reserves said they
have received an increase in calls and sightings of the bird.
While most companies that provide doves
for functions use birds with a homing instinct so that they return to their
owners, the National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD) has warned
that some may release trained doves which are then left in the wild, the Times
has reported.
The RSPB said that it was becoming
increasingly common for people to release white doves at ceremonies, which
could create problems if numbers were allowed to increase unchecked.
In Victorian times, it was common to keep parakeets as pets and
some of them escaped into the wild, living in numbers around the country.
In the 1960s, they suddenly began breeding in Kent
Linda Milnes, who runs Destiny Doves, a Lancashire which releases the birds for weddings and
funerals, told The Times: "My doves are trained like racing pigeons so
they always come back.
“But often I quote people a price and
they decide to go and buy some which is cheaper.
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