Invasion of the Gulls ; They've Killed Two People, Are Terrorising Thousands, and, Experts Believe, Are Set to Take Over Every Town in Britain. But Could Baby Oil and Plastic Eggs Turn the Tables On Our Rampaging Seagulls?

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A SUNNY afternoon in a Gloucestershire car park and we're ready for battle. On one side are the new urban ASBO candidates. Huge, gimlet-eyed and aggressive, they specialise in gang violence, vandalism and intimidation, defecate with alarming accuracy on everything and everyone, and hang out in gangs on chimney pots, flat roofs and street corners, shrieking and yelling.

On the opposing side is a bucket of baby oil, a thousand beige plastic eggs, a falconer called Neil with his harris hawk called Rolf, a mountain of hard hats, luminous jackets and complicated looking harnesses, and a crack team of gullbusters from Cheltenham and Gloucester borough councils.

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Invasion of the Gulls ; They've Killed Two People, Are Terrorising Thousands, and, Experts Believe, Are Set to Take Over Every Town in Britain. But Could Baby Oil and Plastic Eggs Turn the Tables On Our Rampaging Seagulls?

'Everyone ready for action?' asks Paul Carpenter, a pest control veteran with 15 years' experience. 'Make sure you put your jacket on, in case there's a dirty protest. There are 2,300 pairs out there and 1,000 eggs to treat, so we've got our work cut out.' While Gloucester and Cheltenham might seem unlikely homes for seagulls - birds more usually associated with piers, donkey rides and candyfloss - they are just two of the countless towns...

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