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Would you support a gull cull — Ireland’s Wildlife reader poll

Gull cull, yes or no?

The gull cull debate goes on, and despite the publication of some more balanced articles over the course of the weekend / early this week, there is still a lot of misinformation out there vilifying gulls. We’re running a poll here on Ireland’s Wildlife (we kicked it off on this post about….

Seagulls ate my aunty’s dog! Really?

Anyone with an ounce of sense will instantly see the headline above for what it is: sensationalist, ill-informed clap-trap. Nonetheless headlines just like it have been rife across Irish media following calls for a cull of the birds by Senator Denis O’Donovan in the Seanad earlier this week. Here are just some of the questionable headlines, introducing equally incredulous editorial from ostensibly “respectable” Irish….