Penang’s booming pigeon population a menace to health

What a mess: A car at the Rifle Range car park is covered with pigeon and crow droppings. — LIM BENG TATT/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: While Penang is known as a magnet to visitors from all over the world, the state is also swarming with pigeons.

In the last five years, the population of pigeons has risen sharply in the northern state renowned for its street food and cultural heritage.