Expert: For health reasons, best not to feed pigeons

GEORGE TOWN: Feeding pigeons will only add to public health hazards, warns ornithologist Dr Gino Ooi (pic).

He said pigeon droppings could spread diseases through airborne fungal spores and bacteria.

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