Bangkok district offices told to publicize ban on feeding pigeons

[webfact]

Bangkok district offices told to publicize ban on feeding pigeons

 

 

BANGKOK, 3 October 2018 (NNT) – All 50 Bangkok districts have been instructed to put up signs directing vendors and citizens not to feed pigeons and to educate the public on their inherent danger. 

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has issued an order banning the feeding of pigeons after finding that many living among humans are carrying dangerous bacteria. 

The capital is now embarking on urgent and long term measures. First up, district and health offices are to educate the public on the dangers posed by the birds and their excrement, making known that they can spread respiratory and neurological diseases.

 

Feeding them is now illegal and punishable by up to three years in prison and a fine of up to 25,000 baht. In the long term, pigeons are to be removed from urban areas and released into the wild. 

Sellers of pigeon feed have been warned that they are now in violation of the Public Cleanliness and Order Act and are subject to fines up to 2,000 baht as well as the Animal Feed Control Act, which brings with it a fine of up to 10,000 baht.

 

-- nnt 2018-10-03

[bluesofa]

54 minutes ago, webfact said:

All 50 Bangkok districts have been instructed to put up signs directing vendors and citizens not to feed pigeons and to educate the public on their inherent danger. 

Not quite sure if the above is referring to the inherent danger of the pigeons or the district officials, given the reputation of the tessakit?

 

[humbug]

people just going to laugh at these fools over not feeding pidgeons directives. 

 

You would think all this man-power and media time better put to use on directives on :

less plastice use, no fly tipping, food waste down drains, pavements bring used as toilets, waterways full of toxins-pollutants, pavements used as garbage tips nit using bins, flooding from clogged up drains causing diseases,parking in wrong places clogging up whole roads, mis-management in the local environment with new buildings where local infrastructure is that crisis points.....

 

 

[Time Traveller]

ok, but what about the million or so freekin street dogs - many with diseases and some aggressive ( I think last week a little kid was killed by dogs) - can we make a ban on feeding them too ? 

[bluesofa]

3 minutes ago, Time Traveller said:

ok, but what about the million or so freekin street dogs - many with diseases and some aggressive ( I think last week a little kid was killed by dogs) - can we make a ban on feeding them too ? 

First feed the pigeons to the dogs. Then when the dogs are too fat to run, they're easier to round up.

 

[connda]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

Feeding them is now illegal and punishable by up to three years in prison and a fine of up to 25,000 baht.

 

Hummmm ????
Maybe the threat of 25K THB fines and three years in prison for feeding pigeons is the real reason for the sharp decline in Chinese tourism?  ????

Edited October 3, 2018 by connda

[bluesofa]

4 minutes ago, connda said:

 

Hummmm ????
Maybe the threat of 25K THB fines and three years in prison for feeding pigeons is the real reason for the sharp decline in Chinese tourism?  ????

Whereas if they fed them then ate them PDQ, they would get more brownie points.

 

[Lupatria]

Do you think I should send my proposal for a sign to the BMA?

     

[Cake Monster]

All this effort being put into stopping the feeding of some Pigeons.

Such a pity that the effort is note directed more toward stopping the burning of Plastic waste  and the dumping of trash everywhere, which is surely  more harmful to humans than a little bit of Pigeon S$%T

[dieter1]

I know, its been said before: what about feeding the dogs? should be before on the priority list. much more dangerous for humans. There would be no (!) dog, if the wouldnt get food from the people (same with these pigeons- I call them flying rats) . And there would be no suffering of these dogs. But these populistic clowns will lose many voters, if they would be serious with laws making it illegal to feed street dogs.