Surprised PETA wasn't quoted in this article since it's their hometown...

Transportation officials thought they were doing a good thing when they provided a nesting area along a major highway for several threatened species of birds. But after five years, the nests have attracted more than just terns and black skimmers. The birds' predators — sea gulls — have come out in droves and are crashing into cars on Interstate 64, which connects southeastern Virginia to the mainland.

Last summer, up to 60 gulls died on the highway every day.

Concerned about the potential for serious car accidents, the state Department of Transportation has called on wildlife officials to shoot some of the 5,000 gulls on the south island of I-64's Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel. The road carries more than 100,000 cars a day during peak summer months.

Full story...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050528/ap_on_re_us/bridge_tunnel_gulls

Surprised PETA wasn't quoted in this article since it's their hometown...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050528/ap_on_re_us/bridge_tunnel_gulls


yeah really, i didnt realize they get hit so often, thats sad. Like 5000 more birds wont fly back in once they shoot them all? leave it to man and his ego/gun to do all the talking :/

I was at wildwood, NJ once before, last time ill go there, just scum people and not so great area....kids were throwing their boardwalk french fries into a racetrack where the fast go carts were flying around, theyd throw them out in front of them so the birds fly down to scoop them up in front of the 30+mph race car go carts circling... basically they had no time but kept attempting and one hit a kid racing around. I was gonna beat the **** outta them but there were 4 guys about 20ish, my age, i went and after about 3 minutes basically threatened the one security gaurd walking along the boardwalk if they didnt do something i was gonna go knock all 4 of them off the boardwalk with a pipe... nothing special about the pipe, but a part of the railing was detached sitting in the sand, lol, was plenty big for me to take out all 4 and run before the popos got there lol :p ... guy went over and took al of them to the side was checking their IDs i think and writing down information, not sure what he did, he told them all not to come back though, i think the ride person gave him their info too, never found out what he did but anyway, i was really pissed off.

one seagul had a half broken leg kept hanging around the same ride....so im sure more kids did that before..