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As a kid growing up in a rough Brooklyn neighborhood, Mike Tyson was fascinated by the pigeons that flocked around his apartment building. The birds, considered a dirty nuisance to many people, were beautiful to him. “The first thing I ever loved in my life — the pigeon,” he said. “They’re so much like people.” The former heavyweight champion reconnects with his childhood passion in “Taking on Tyson,” a six-part docudrama that debuts March 6 on Animal Planet. “This ain’t no hobby,” Tyson said. “It’s a cultural thing. . . . We’re dealing with the crème de la crème of the pigeon world.”
