After hundreds of farmers and contract breeders lost close to $40 million in a failed Ontario pigeon breeding scheme, some are asking why it is taking so long for police inquiries and bankruptcy proceedings to bear fruit
by Mary Baxter
It’s been more than two years since Pigeon King International collapsed, owing nearly $40 million to hundreds of contract breeders on both sides of the border. Since then, the Waterloo pigeon breeding business’ failure has triggered two bankruptcies – those of the business and its founder, Arlan Galbraith – and a joint criminal investigation by the Waterloo Regional Police Service’s fraud squad and the RCMP.