The Mayor Versus The Pigeons.

This photo was taken on a Sunday morning in Trafalgar Square and is a good indication of just what the Mayor is up against in his battle to rid the area of these " disease ridden pests".
The woman on the left has a shopping trolley containing enough bird seed to feed the whole of the country, and is breaking the law in doing so.
The street cleaner sweeps the seed up and the woman puts it back into the bag. The guy with the hawk is employed by the Mayor as the pigeons have a bit of a cowardly side and don't particularly want to take on this superb bird of prey. At the time that this picture was taken there was not one pigeon to be seen. However, about three hours later they were all back again as Hawkman had gone.
A lot of people, including myself, do have a soft spot for the pigeons as they have a bit of a tough life living with people. It has been said to me that they are vermin and carry loads of infectious diseases. My response is to ask whether they carry HIV virus, Syphilis, or any other disease that us humans actually do spread around. Kind of makes them think that perhaps we are the vermin? Let the pigeons live some kind of decent life without suffering the bully's who I have seen kick out at them. Someone once said that we caused the problem in the first place by domesticating these birds as they were once wild. Point taken!