Seagulls steal donations from the food bank in Worcester, UK

As human populations are affected by the scourge of the Covid-19 pandemic, our avian rivals have dealt yet another blow in the ongoing battle of the species.

Seagulls, the small-eyed beach fighters, have this time used their sharp beaks to pierce through that very human trait: charity.

On strike in the British city of Worcester, seagulls stole food destined for a food bank that is now more needed than ever as the coronavirus destroys the UK economy.

“Your donations are very valuable to us: the last thing we want is for the seagulls to eat them,” the food bank wrote on Facebook.

“That is sadly what happened to these bags that were left out of our warehouse when we were closed.”

Worcester, not just among human settlements, has been fighting the winged threat for years, and a local politician has had enough.

Alan Amos, a former Conservative MP, who once enthusiastically advocated the flogging of rapists and assailants, is now the mayor of Worcester City Council.

He has repeatedly called for a seagull slaughter, labeling the birds as “unclean creatures” and “flying rats” and saying “eradication” was the only solution.

Amos faces opposition from Britain’s Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, which said: “Government licenses allow the killing of urban gulls only as a last resort, where a significant health or safety risk has been identified. public “.

SEAGULLS VS HUMANS

Since the coronavirus began to haunt the world, there have been reports that seagulls become more brazen as they increasingly invade our territory.

In Rome, the skies have become a battlefield as the city’s gulls, starving for their usual diet of food scraps, have begun feasting on other Roman animals.

With no pizza, pasta, or pancetta available, vicious pests have turned their small eyes to their peers.

Where once they only collected carrion, seagulls are now hunting blackbirds, swallows, and pigeons.

“They are becoming predators again,” said Bruno Cignini, a zoologist at the University of Rome Tor Vergata.

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Elsewhere in the UK, coastal cities prepare for a seagull invasion after closure, meaning they cannot employ their usual defenses.

In a letter to residents, Martin Gregory, Mayor of Looe in Cornwall, wrote: “As you know, coronavirus has had an impact on almost every part of our lives, including the provision of those activities that we have always counted on as essential.

“Unfortunately, this is also the case with the annual seagull monitoring service offered by the Looe City Council, which is free for all registered residents.

“With regret, I must inform you that, with the restrictions imposed by the Government on March 23, 2020, it is now impossible to carry out this service.

“Therefore, I must inform you that the seagull egg removal service will not be operational this year.”

But the seagulls will be fully operational when summer comes.