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Why wasn't netting rather than a cull tried for pigeons on bridge
EDITOR – You would think, from all the venom and malice directed at those poor pigeons in Market Rasen, that we humans didn't produce excrement.
We flush the toilet and it becomes out of sight, out of mind, ignoring the fact that we also pour toxic chemicals down our toilets. We flush away plastic cotton buds, condoms, razor blades, sanitary towels and tampons and other harmful items that pollute our seas and beaches and cause death to wildlife.
Turtles, fish and seabirds often confuse bits of plastic from some of these products as food with lethal results and have been found washed up with pieces of 'sanitary related debris' in their stomachs.
Personally, I have always found pigeons very attractive birds. They are so affectionate and loving with each other, and mate for life.
They really seem to enjoy their home comforts. In my garden in very hot weather, some will sit in the longer cool grass in the shade, wings outstretched, cooling off, or dunk themselves for up to 10 minutes at a time, in the bird baths, heads drooping, having a relaxing, cooling soak.
I've seen them swooping and gliding, seemingly for the pleasure of the flight, rather than just getting from A to B.
The pigeons under the bridge in Market Rasen have merely found themselves a safe place to roost and bring up their young, away from predators and protected from the elements.
They don't realise they have caused such a furore about two pieces of pavement under the bridge that it takes about four or five paces to walk over.
I'm not sure why the roosting shelf can't just be netted off?
If the pigeons fly off and find another site that is considered inappropriate by humans, can't that be netted off too?
It can't be beyond the wit of man to find a non-lethal form of dealing with this problem.
When I walked under the bridge last weekend, and saw two nervous individuals, perching as far back as possible, instead of the relaxed social gatherings of before, I realised that some sort of cull must have taken place, and felt sickened.
Tricia Holford
Caistor
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