White Dove Releases
Lakeside Memorial Funeral Home, Inc. started releasing white doves on its funerals over 15 years ago. We were one of the first funeral homes in the country to offer this service. We present them in a meaningful way that touches the hearts of the attendees at the funeral. The dove is traditionally a symbol of peace, hope, and love, but its most significant symbol is of the Holy Spirit. It is the ultimate, hopeful tribute to your loved ones.
Lakeside also arranged the dove release for the world famous actress/singer Aaliyah.
| The White Dove Company |
| Orchard Park NY Phone: (716) 662-2103 Email: Mackjac66@aol.com Contact: Julie Mack Ciolek The White Dove Company spends innumerable hours training, vaccinating, and caring for their white homing pigeons. According to Wikipedia, "The homing pigeon is a variety of domesticated Rock Pigeon (Columba livia domestica) that has been selectively bred to be able to find its way home over extremely long distances. The wild rock pigeon having an innate homing ability, means that it will generally return to its own nest and its own mate. This made it relatively easy to breed from the birds that repeatedly found their way home over long distances. Flights as long as 1800 kilometers have been recorded by exceptional birds in competition pigeon racing. Their average flying speed over moderate distances is around 30 miles per hour, but they can achieve bursts of speed up to 58.7 mph. White homing pigeons are used in Release Dove ceremonies at weddings, funerals and some sporting events." Because we are concerned for their welfare, we will not release the Rock Pigeons in inclement weather, which would reduce their ability to get home. |
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