Birds feast on leftovers at hawker centre

These birds were having a ball of a time feasting on leftovers at the Bendemeer Hawker Centre.

The plates and bowls were left uncleared for a long time, attracting the birds.

STOMPer Loh finds this unhygienic as the birds could spread harmful germs.

The STOMPer says:

"Dining with birds.

"All are welcome at Blk 29 Bendemeer Hawker Centre."

If the person who submitted this was trying to make a statement, I don't quite see it. Unless his last sentence was a poor attempt at being sarcastic.

Still, this is essentially a people problem, one caused by leaving leftovers uncleared, providing birds like these feral pigeons (Columba livia) an opportunity to swoop in and scavenge on whatever edible tidbits remain.

How unhygienic! Pigeons feast on leftover food at Bendemeer Market

STOMPer Anonymous was concerned about the standards of food hygiene in this food centre at Bendemeer Market when he spotted several pigeons flying around and feasting on leftover food.

He says:

"Look at the standard of hygiene here.

"How can this be allowed to happen, especially after the recent Indian rojak food poisoning incident?

"There were more than 10 pigeons flying all around the tables and eating all the leftover food.

"The tables were left uncleared and the pigeons gathered there.

"The cleaners and the relevant authorities shoud defintely do something about this, especially now that food hygiene is on everyone's mind."

Related posts: "No avian flu here but this bird can spread other diseases" (6th March 2009)
Crazy pigeon is not afraid of people and steals food from their plates (23rd January 2009)