News Articles: Lauril’s Loft White Dove Release in Bellingham, WA
Twinkle lost his toe in an unfortunate garage door accident and now lives at the neighbor’s house. Ghio’s children suspect he ran away because he couldn’t attract a mate as an amputee.
Ghio, owner of Lauril’s Loft White Dove Release, still has 28 more homing pigeons (rock doves), which are trained to return to Ghio’s farm.
Real white ring-neck doves do not have a homing instinct and are not used in releases.
Ghio, 37, named her business after her two children, Lauren, 7, and Riley, 9. She involves both kids in the business and plans to turn it over to them when they reach high school age.