'Killer' seagulls top the pecking order for a media frenzy
by Steven Morris from on (#F80X)
Even the prime minister has been drawn into the debate over how to deal with the antisocial birds that are terrorising Cornwall and beyond
They have attacked pensioners, children, dogs, even a tortoise. They have stolen countless chips, Cornish pasties and doughnuts from unwary holidaymakers. The tabloids (and broadsheets) have branded them killers, and even the prime minister has been drawn into the debate over what is to be done. It truly has been the year of the gull.
The latest attacks in Cornwall, south-west England - which appears to be the hotspot for attacks this summer - have left a 66-year-old woman needing hospital treatment and a four-year-old boy traumatised after his finger was savaged.
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