India, Aug. 21 -- Animal welfare advocates have submitted three applications to the BMC, seeking permission to resume feeding pigeons and other birds across city kabutarkhanas and natural feeding zones. This follows recent Bombay high court orders given in August, which allowed individuals to apply for permission to feed pigeons and directed the BMC to consider such applications after hearing all stakeholders, pending an expert committee's findings.

The three formal applications addressing the matter have come from the Dadar Kabutarkhana Trust, animal and birds rights' activist Dr Pallavi Sachin Patil, and a long-time feeder at Mahalaxmi Race Course represented by Yasmin Bhansali & Co. Citizens are expected to submit their suggestions an...