Hyderabad, Jan. 16 -- "Joe" the pigeon, named after the US's president-elect Joe Biden, may not be euthanized after all. The pigeon had made headlines after it wasbelievedto have journeyed across the Pacific Ocean from the US to Australia.

It had been deemed a "biosecurity risk" for the native bird population by Australia's department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. As a result, the bird was set to be euthanised.

However, the new revelations have saved the bird's life as it was found that it was not from the US after all. Earlier it was believed that the bird was the same bird that went missing from pigeon race in the Oregon state of the US. A blue band on its leg had linked it to the missing bird.

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