Cops shoot and kill over 100 seagulls | wtsp.com (http://www.wtsp.com/news/watercooler/article/261659/58/Cops-shoot-and-kill-over-100-segulls)

Thousands of the birds have invaded Southgate, near Detroit, so police got permission to start shooting them.

Officers started shooting Thursday morning near a car dealership, and after about two-hours, they had taken out more than 100 seagulls.

Neighbors hope it's a regular event. Southgate police chose not to poison the birds because they didn't want dying or sick seagulls to be dropping from the sky all around the city. One officer says shooting them isn't exactly the best way to clear them out.

Only 100? Seagulls are the nastiest birds at the beach. The poop on everything & everyone and they're really loud and irritating. The DNR needs to reduce their population, big time...

They should take lessons from SMECO.

So, kill the birds instead of cleaning up the garbage that most likely attracted them? I like the cut of your jib.

city workers originally brought in trucks with plows to try and kill the birds while they slept on the ground, but that wasn't very effective. The birds would just scurry away then come back.

wth? :lmao:

wth? :lmao:

Missed that, too funny!

I love the one moron on the crowded beach that starts feeding them from where he's sitting.

I love the one moron on the crowded beach that starts feeding them from where he's sitting.

That would be me. Except I like to feed them when the beach is fairly deserted.

That would be me. Except I like to feed them when the beach is fairly deserted.

No, no, feeding them from your hotel balcony is THE BEST.

No, no, feeding them from your hotel balcony is THE BEST.

My room at the A & E Motel doesn’t have a balcony. :bawl:

Feed them Alka Seltzers...:evil:

When asked why the department shot 100 innocent birds, a department spokesman had this to say:


"We ran out of bullets."