Peter Rock, a renowned expert on seagulls, who we have referred to several times on the Gurn is quoted in a BBC article today:
"They are very crafty and very clever in bird terms," says Rock. "They just adapt to everything that is thrown at them. We have invited them into towns with our throwaway society and it is going to cost a lot of money to take them away again." More here.
.22 pellets are very cheap.
ReplyDeleteI think the majority would settle for more humane (but yes expensive) methods. Also it isn't practical to have gunman firing at will in built up urban areas and housing schemes :-)
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