Students and Pigeons unite against shopping centre

Anti-Pigeon devices in place at the Sovereign shopping centre on Boscombe high street have been ticking off the younger locals for quite some time.
The Pigeon, often thought of as quite gentle on the ear, has recently become the cause of a slightly less pleasing sound to Boscombe residents.
The devices emit a high-pitched noise, inaudible to anyone under 25, in order to deter the common Pigeon, or Rock Dove, from flying inside the Centre.
Tourism student Lois Crispin, 18 living on Westby Road in Boscombe, spoke out on the indiscriminate nature of the devices “I don’t really care about the Pigeons, but toddlers and babies shouldn’t have to hear it too”.
When quizzed on the noise, a spokesperson for the shopping centre who preferred not to be named said “we have turned the volume down so most people can’t hear it”.
This is, of course, assuming that ‘most people’ doesn’t include the large amount of students who live in Boscombe and see the centre as a vital asset to the town. There has been no research into the possible adverse effects the units can have on hearing.
RSPB employee Lloyd Scott exclaimed dismay at the use of the device, claiming, “the negatives by far outweigh the positives” and even going as far as to call the initiative “daft”.
He explained that owing to the loss of natural habitat, lots of rare bird species are being found in built up areas, and as the machine is not species specific, it could put some endangered bird species at risk.
The Common Pigeon is thought to have a population of up to 28 million across Europe, that’s equivalent to the population of Iraq.