1,500 Homing Pigeons Get Lost During Race

1,500 of the 2,000 pigeons in a 93 mile race in Sweden apparently have gotten lost. Only about 500 have returned to after the  flight between the cities of Ljungby and Malmoe in Sweden.

There have not been any reported sightings of the 1,500 birds anywhere in southern Sweden.

BTW, the Swedes call this a "sport."  Personally, I don't think anything is a sport unless your heart rate is elevated, you get out of breath, and you have to physically train to do it. 

Although the definition on Google supports this, "An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively," it also defines sport as "An active pastime; recreation."  We need another word for the latter.