This Term our inquiry learning is around Communication Through The Ages
This is our report on Pigeon Post. Hope you like it :)

Communication Through Pigeon Post

Pigeon post is mail which is carried by pigeons. The first pigeons that lived inside and were bred to deliver post were found in ancient Egypt . Around the time of Moses the Egyptian used pigeons to deliver messages. The letters they carried were slipped under rings on the pigeon legs. The Greeks and Romans both used pigeon post to send messages and information.
Pigeon post was the fastest communication for all in world war one (1914-1918). During world war one the American army kept thousand of pigeons. Many pigeons worked in the military service, carrying message and military material from place to place. In the war the Germans caught some of the birds, and responded by shooting anyone they caught who sent a pigeon aloft with information.
It was at one point a trendy method of sending mail but pigeon post did have some drawbacks. People used birds that were trained to go back to a spot so in order to send a message you had to have the right bird. In a way pigeon could be the first form of airmail.

Reported by Niamh and Saskia