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Tag: seagulls

  • Thursday, August 30th 2012 - 03:33 UTC

    Protecting the whales from aggressive scavenger seagulls in Puerto Madryn

    City garbage dumps have caused an explosion of sea-gulls, argue environmentalists

    Saving the whales is something Argentines take so seriously that authorities are planning to shoot seagulls that have developed a habit of attacking the huge marine mammals. But environmentalists say the plan is misguided because humans are the real problem, creating so much garbage that the seagull population has exploded, endangering the whales.