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An official at the Purbalingga Religious Court in Central Java Province said the office had received 90 divorce petitions in July, the Jakarta Post reports.

Clerk of court Nur Aflah said: “Most of the petitioners are wives who have filed divorce petitions for economic reasons because their husbands are too addicted to pigeon racing.”

The sport is very popular in Indonesia, its allure being the cash prizes on offer and the prospect of selling fast birds for thousands of rupiah.

Ms Aflah said wives are annoyed that their husbands spend all their time on the pigeons.

“In Purbalingga, there are many female workers while most men are unemployed. Most of the husbands end up becoming ‘pilots’. Here, a ‘pilot’ does not fly a plane but races pigeons,” she said.