SINGAPORE: A man who was previously fined by the court for feeding pigeons was again caught for a similar offence.
Rajandran paid the fine in full. If he did not pay the fine, he would have had to serve 16 days' jail in default. Despite repeated engagement from enforcement officers asking him to stop, Rajandran continued to feed the birds. The Wildlife Act defines wildlife as"an animal that belongs to a wildlife species, and includes the young or egg of the animal".In a letter that was published in March this year in response to a letter in Lianhe Zaobao, the National Environment Agency and NParks said that rock pigeons are not native to Singapore but are an invasive species that compete with the native species.
This involves the removal of human food sources, habitat modification, population management and studies to understand the ecology of the pest birds such as their roosting and foraging patterns.