賽鴿

來源: Wikipedia - Pigeon racing (founding breeds, race distances of 100 to 1,000 km, age at first race, racing career of three to four years, banding at about five days old, timing methods) / Wikipedia - Homing pigeon (average speed about 97 km/h, top speed 160 km/h, recorded flights of 1,800 km) / Japanese Wikipedia - Homing pigeon (designation as a working animal in Japan, banding and ownership registration, taking in strays, vaccination, the two governing bodies, electronic clocking systems)

國內法規: Only captive-bred birds are traded, and banding with registration of ownership is a precondition. Free-living rock doves in Japan are covered by the Wildlife Protection Act, and taking or killing them is in principle not permitted.

家鴿（Columba livia domestica）及其野生祖先原鴿均未列入CITES任何附錄，也不屬於日本的特定外來生物（鳥類僅7種）。在日本，賽鴿被視為農林水產省主管的役用動物，須佩戴腳環並登記所有權、收容迷鴿、接種疫苗。

來源: CITES附錄（家鴿未列入） / 日本環境省 特定外來生物一覽（鳥類） / 日本《鳥獸保護管理及狩獵適正化法》（環境省）

法規可能修訂，請以各主管機關的最新第一手資訊為準。