Pigeons to be given the bird in Barnoldswick (From Lancashire Telegraph)

Pigeons to be given the bird in Barnoldswick

5:49pm Monday 1st March 2010 in

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FURTHER steps are to be taken to deal with pigeon problems in Barnoldswick town centre.

The West Craven Area Committee is to launch a campaign of public awareness aimed at deterring the birds from nesting in and around the town square.

Coun David Whipp said: “We are going to erect some simple signs telling people not to feed the pigeons.”

A report from Pendle’s acting environmental health services manager said installing the signs would cost £450.

Coun Whipp said a previous idea to give pigeons a “contraceptive pill” was shelved because it could inhibit the life cycles of other birds.