The RSPB should be ashamed of itself for suggesting a herring gull with chicks in its nest should be shot because it had the audacity to defend its young in the only way it knew how.
As distressing as it was for Grace Amos (and I really do feel for her) this is not the answer.
Many of the areas where gulls previously nested have been taken over by humans in our never-ending quest for development.
The growth of the fast-food industry and people's lack of civic pride means food litter lies everywhere. Much of this is cleared away by gulls.
Leave the bird in peace for this season and then Mrs Amos should make her chimney unattractive to gulls for next year.
Perhaps the RSPB should be advising her on ways to do this instead of acting like a pest-control firm.
-Susan Dickens, Hove
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