Pigeon populations are rapidly growing, even in Indian cities, where urban populations of Mumbai and Pune registered an incredible 150% increase in these flocks. This explosion has, consequently, resulted in public health issues, that are so severe that even the practice of feeding pigeons has been prohibited in certain areas. Municipal authorities have raised the spectre of risks to health from bird faeces, feathers, and other deposition material as justification for this decision.
Pigeons: Harbingers of respiratory risks
