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3 booked for feeding pigeons: It's our constitutional right, say animal lovers
Updated On: 25 January, 2021 07:50 AM IST | Mumbai | Shirish Vaktania
The BMC put up banners across the city, telling people to not feed pigeons in view of the bird flu outbreak. However, animal lovers have said feeding birds was not a criminal offence and they have the right to do so

BMC's banner asking people to not feed pigeons due to bird flu scare; mid-day’s report on January 23
The recent charges against three people over feeding pigeons in defiance of the BMC’s instructions, have enraged Mumbai’s animal lovers who have demanded withdrawal of the case. They have threatened to protest outside the now-demolished kabutar khana at Lokhandwala Complex if the police won’t do so.
Debris of the demolished kabutar khana at Lokhandwala Complex
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