MAYBE I am being a bit cynical, but if Blackburn Council is serious about reducing the feral pigeon population, perhaps they should persuade the government to make all feral pigeons a legally-protected species nationally. I am sure that if they did, pigeon numbers would soon plummet.

A CULVERHOUSE, Cavendish Place, Darwen.

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