Humans are worse than poor seagulls
"ECHO proves to be a resounding read"!
Sorry if I have not mentioned to you before but your paper is one of the best local papers here in Devon. I see why you picked up so many honours.
So informative, such good quality pictures, everything of local interest, it is all there, worth every penny!
So for all who are concerned with this paper — well done! It's no surprise you have been around since 1904.
The letter recently "who's worse — the gulls or the people" wonderfully written, couldn't have put it better!
As far as I know they are God's creatures, why do we have any right to want to cull them?
Humans are worse culprits — for pollution, we only have to look all around us — the litter and fly tipping that is here to stay!
The gulls are encouraged by the habits of humans — we can't blame the poor gulls. Gulls do attack people but only when protecting their young.
Mrs Jeeves
Stone Close, Honiton
4 Comments
by Michael, Exeter
Monday, July 26 2010, 10:36PM
“Those large herring gulls prevent me from getting to sleep every night by squawking loudly around the time i think of going to bed. The only way to avoid it is to get so drunk i dont know what i am doing and go to bed about midnight. I never squawk around them when they are trying to sleep. Put them all down.”
by GRIBBLE, cowick st
Monday, July 26 2010, 8:18AM
“They are disgusting vermin
Who are aggresive and need to be culled.”
by D J.Headon, Exeter
Sunday, July 25 2010, 3:17PM
“It is no good just talking about Seagulls, most if them are very pleasant creatures, by these I refer to the smaller gulls. The ones that need to be culled are the Herring Gulls. Large gulls that will steal the food from your plate and of course rip open any bags that are left outside overnight, or any time of the day for that matter and to regard these as a protected species is of course madness!”
by A Bentley, Exeter
Saturday, July 24 2010, 3:16PM
“I would like to respond to Mrs Jeeves letter 'Humans are worse than poor seagulls'. I would advise that the do not always attach just to protect their young. I was sitting in Cathedral Green, eating a sandwich when a gull attacked my hand to take the sandwich, making two cuts on my fingers. Then he just sat at my feet eating it, waiting to attach further. No young seagulls in site.”