Full circle. The Rock Dove was originally domesticated for food.

I've eaten wood pigeon (Columba spp. like the feral pigeon) in the U.K. (the one with the white ring/mark on their necks). Quite nice and surprisingly even the "white" meat is a dark red. Said to be the biggest pigeon.

Pigeons are eaten everywhere which explains the dovecots you find in France, U.K., and Egypt/N. Africa. China seems to specialise in squab. Yeah, I wouldn't want to eat urban pigeons but the ones that come from rural areas should be fine.