Pigeon fancier Alun Smith, 45, said "a massive part of his life has been taken away" after the blaze at his loft in Blaencwm, Rhondda, in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
The incident occurred just days after the Examiner revealed how Brighouse pigeon fancier Harry Reid feared for the future of the pastime after losing his birds to hawks.
Veteran pigeon fancier Roy Davies, 73, above, has been told he cannot keep their loft because it is in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park in Dinas Cross near Fishguard.
The controversial former boxing champ reveals his gentle side in a new TV series which follows his progress as a pigeon fancier. His love of the creatures even got him into boxing - he threw his first punch after a bully in New York's tough Brooklyn district killed one of his birds and threw it in his face.