Homing pigeons cannot be released in the wild because they will keep returning to their place of origin, in this case the house in Webster.

BRETT FRENCH, The Billings Gazette - 05/28/2006 May 28, 2006 May 28, 2006 0 ...

Wolfgang Wiltschko, Roswitha Wiltschko, Homing pigeons as a model for avian navigation?, Journal of Avian Biology, Vol. 48, No. 1 (January 2017), pp. 66-74 ...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Organizers of a race for homing pigeons are still scratching their heads in wonder after about 75 percent of the birds -- famous for their ability to find their way home ...

Webster Animal Control has the three homing pigeons (with eggs) that need a new home. “I’m assuming they’re going to become birds,” she said of the eggs.