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Killing pigeons in cities
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Spain Declares War on Pigeons With Net Catapult | Wired Science | Wired.com
Spain has a pigeon problem, and some cities are recruiting private pigeon catchers to trap the rats-with-wings using special net catapult devices.
The technique involves two people and a catapult-sprung net device. One person feeds the pigeons to make sure that they are gathered neatly into a small space, while the other angles the net catapult. Once the birds are in place, the net is released over the birds to trap them before they can fly away.
Barcelona city council has declared pigeons to be a “plague” and has issued a tender to catch and cull 65,000 of them over the next 18 months — 25 percent of the pigeon population. This represents a significant markup from last year’s already-impressive cull of 40,000 pigeons.
The birds have been singled out for spreading diseases and for causing damage to buildings thanks to their highly corrosive droppings which can damage stone architecture. Most culling methods involve nets and cage traps in the busiest areas and then asphyxiation with carbon dioxide.
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How do you feel about killing pigeons?
I find them to be problematic. I think they are flying rats and people seem to like feeding them. They are all over the place where they have tried many passive things like fake owls, spike strips to prevent landing, encouraging falcons to nest and breed. Yet there still seems to be so many pigeons.
In my neighborhood we're even trapping and killing squirrels. They have become a total nuisance gnawing on wires, scaling sides of buildings and entering apartments as high as the 6th floor.
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