Argentines Plan to Shoot Gulls to Save the Whales

NY Times | AP ^ | 8/28/12

[LibWhacker]

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP)

[LibWhacker]

So... when did Argentina become so politically correct?

[Slump Tester]

Seagulls = Rats with wings - shoot’em! (They’ll make more.)

[MeganC]

Shoot the gulls. All they are is filthy white pigeons.

I recall some naturalist studying endangered penguins in Antarctica was trying to figure out how to save the baby penguins from the skua gulls who’d eat them. He left for a year and returned to the place on his own and after he was there by himself he unpacked a .22 and several thousand rounds of ammunition and annihilated the skua population.

And now the penguins are doing just fine.

[Jeff Chandler]

"Welll doggies, that's fine idea."

[Roccus]

Environmentalists say the plan is misguided and that humans are the real problem, creating so much garbage that the gull population has exploded.

So, shoot humans.....problem solved.

[KC_Lion]

Gotta Nuke Something!

[JediJones]

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

Why not go to the gulls’ nesting grounds and addle their eggs*. That way no gulls would be harmed — because they were never born. /abortophile “logic”

*addling is a common method of bird population control

[Blood of Tyrants]

Offer the locals $5 for every sea gull of the offending species and the problem will take be taken care of in no time.

[KC_Lion]

That's Like........the rational for abortion!

But a baby Gull fetus is still a baby! It can feel pain!

We must save the Sea Gulls! (and ignore our human children)

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Wait...

These are democrat seagulls?

[Chode]

CHOOT 'EM CLINT!

[ptsal]

does pecking at the old saggy hide of Cristina have a similar impact on institutional socialists????

[ptsal]

Did you ever notice the similarity between Cristina's neck and that of the ever-famous retired politician from Colorado, Patsy Schroeder?

Both of them have wrinkled neck hide?

[tumblindice]

As long as they aren't transporting gulls across staid lions for immortal porpoises, OK.

[HiTech RedNeck]

They are drawn to garbage? Good. Set gull ambushes, baited with garbage. Gulls gather, then something like a MOAB explosive gets set off or else automated shotguns. Rinse, repeat.

[Dr.Deth]

Finally a problem that can be solved by a wind power farm (i.e. sky cuisinarts)

[SubMareener]

Sea Story! We were coming back from doing oceanographic research in the North Atlantic, and this male Sperm Whale must of thought we we hot! We we doing “going home” turns at the time and he came along side and tried to show us some affection. We just kept going and he broke off and went to get a breath of air. About 30 minutes later he was back! Those whales are fast! My sonar men swore it was the same one from his “voice”.

[LeoWindhorse]

bait the dumps , they can knock out 10’s of 1000’s of gulls if they do it right .

[TXnMA]

The whale watch tour companies should stock up on air rifles and shotguns -- and charge more for combo whale watching and gull-shooting trips...