Temple devotees upset over council’s move to catch pigeons

Up, up and away: Pigeons taking flight from the parking area in front of the Sree Maha Mariamman Temple in Jalan Jeti Lama in Butterworth. — Photo: MUSTAFA AHMAD

FOR many decades, Sree Maha Mariamman Devasthanam Temple devotees in Jalan Tokong Lama, off Jalan Jeti Lama, Butterworth, have been feeding the thousands of pigeons which called the area home.

Rice, cakes and bird seeds will be scattered on the ground and the pigeons on street poles and roofs would come down to eat the food.