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Psycho scumbag seagulls to be targeted with lasers, white noise and spikes to stop attacks

Psycho scumbag seagulls are set to be blasted with lasers and white noise and killed with roof spikes as part of a new war to tackle the UK's winged menaces

[DORSET, ENGLAND - JUNE 27: A herring gull or seagull looks for food as it sits on a litter bin at West Bay on June 27, 2021 in Dorset, England. With international travel restrictions remaining likely for this summer at least, many parts of the UK are set to be very popular with holidaymakers opting to have domestic holiday or a so called staycation within the UK. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)]

The UK's menace of the seaside (stock)(Image: Matt Cardy)

Psycho scumbag seagulls are set to be blasted with lasers and white noise as part of a new war on the winged menaces.

Funding of 100,000 will be handed to councils to control the flying rats amid a gull summit aimed at coming up with a plan to stop their kamikaze attacks on humans.

Scotlands agriculture minister Jim Fairlie hosted the event today (September 23), declaring it was focused on protecting public safety.

Ahead of the meeting, NatureScot said it will be investing 100,000 in councils to support efforts to limit the havoc being caused by Britains plague of violent urban gulls ahead of next years breeding season.

A press release announcing the move ahead of the gull talk said: Deterrents can include measures such as the use of lasers, noise, roof spikes and netting to prevent nesting.

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Tough measures are being put in place to tackle the seagull problem (Image: Getty Images)

Mr Fairlie said: The summit allows us to share practical solutions, learn from real-world examples and identify gaps in current policies to develop a coordinated approach.

We know that effective gull management often requires a range of solutions, particularly around litter management which provides food sources.

Where public safety is at risk, NatureScot can issue control licences.

Our focus now is on how we can prevent these issues from arising next year, with extra support provided and I look forward to seeing the projects that this additional funding will help.

By working directly with affected communities and expert advisors we can ensure solutions are tailored to local circumstances with effective deterrents that make urban areas less attractive to gulls.

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Funding has been allocated to tackle the pests (stock)

NatureScot chair Professor Colin Galbraith sad the 100,000 funding will help councils to develop proactive and collaborative plans to manage gulls in a way that balances their conservation with any control activities.

But the funding, announced at NatureScots Inverness headquarters which hosted the gull summit, has been branded pitiful.

Former Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross, who represents the Highlands and Islands region, fumed: This pitiful funding announcement sums up how detached SNP ministers are from the reality facing communities across Scotland.

This will be more taxpayers money squandered if SNP ministers and quango bosses do not urgently change their approach.

Last week, Mr Ross demanded a ministerial statement after claiming the summit was a sham talking shop due to local MSPs and the media not being invited.

Other critics slammed it as a useless squawking shop as they said Scottish politicians should be getting in a flap about more pressing issues that the gull scourge.

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