Pigeons that were initially treated as pets in Andamooka have now become pests.
Residents are getting worried saying it may soon become a health issue.
Andamooka resident Anne Nicholls said it could be a health risk when these droppings get washed down the drainpipes and into people’s rain water tanks.
She said it might seem amusing to be at war with pigeons but the potential outcomes of a large pigeon population can be damaging for humans.
Pigeons droppings can contain a particularly nasty fungal infection called Cryptococcosis, and these droppings are now landing on the roofs of Andamooka homes.
“They can arrive as mobs in the 20s, and the dump has mobs in the 40s stained black from rummaging around in the old burned rubbish,” Ms Nicholls said.
Ms Nicholls said that the pigeons started as pets.
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