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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Helen Coffey

Venice tourists given water pistols to fend off aggressive seagulls

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Tourists in Venice are being supplied with water pistols at some luxury hotels to ward off aggressive seagulls.

The city’s 1,000-strong population of birds has become increasingly bold in swooping down to steal food out of unsuspecting visitors’ hands as they dine on hotel terraces.

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