The problem of “urban menace” seagulls is too big for Dumfries and Galloway Council to solve, a councillor has insisted.
The local authority should instead be flying in help from the Scottish Government to reduce bird numbers and improve public safety, according to Councillor John Martin.
He said: “We’re never going to solve this problem. The only way it would happen is if you could shoot every gull that’s going about.
