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Trafalgar Square pigeons to be sent flying
21/01/2001 12:27 - (SA)
London - The license of famed Trafalgar Square's
lone pigeon feed dealer was revoked on Thursday spelling the end
of one of London's most popular tourist activities.
City authorities, determined to spruce up the square's
centuries-old image and drive away its pigeons, said the dealer
who sold pigeon feed to thousands of tourists each day had
until Friday to take his wares elsewhere.
A city spokesperson said the thousands of pigeons who perch on
the limbs of feed-bearing tourists just doesn't fit London
style anymore.
"There will still be pigeons here," a Greater London
Authority spokesperson said. "But we want tourists to come to
the square not just for the pigeons."
Trafalgar square is a popular starting point for bus tours
of London, where tourists often stop for a snapshot of birds
perching on their arms, shoulders and sometimes heads.
- Reuters
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