Sky Wars: Town Recruits Falcons, Hawks and Owls to Combat 'Aggressive' Gulls | NBC10 Philadelphia

Описание: You're walking around the boardwalk, ready to bite into your delicious fries, and just when you're about to put one in your mouth, it happens: an aerial attacker swoops down and steals your food right from under your nose.

It's a growing, gross, scary and infuriating problem plaguing Ocean City. But now the town has a new plan to combat snack-stealing seagulls: pit bird against bird in a battle for the skies.

On Friday, the New Jersey city announced that birds of prey will provide an overhead patrol force in an effort to scare away the food-guzzling gulls, and the plan is more humane than it might initially seem.

The move comes after Ocean City Mayor Jay Gillian penned an open letter last month, asking for people's help in combating the "aggressive" birds and noting that they pose a public safety hazard.

The new plan will see the town contract with East Coast Falcons to release falcons, hawks and owls every day between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. as a way of warding off hungry seagulls and making them return to their natural diet, city spokesman Doug Bergen said.

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