Effort Underway To Save Fledgling Seagulls At Cape Cod Mall

By Christina Hager, WBZ-TV

July 25, 2011 11:44 PM

Young seagulls are littering the Cape Cod Mall parking lot because they’ve fallen and they can’t get up.

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HYANNIS (CBS) – They give new meaning to the term “mall rats”, young seagulls littering the Cape Cod Mall parking lot because they’ve fallen and they can’t get up.

“We’re asking drivers who are entering the Cape Cod Mall and leaving the mall to use extreme caution,” says Theresa Barbo, director of the Cape Wildlife Center.

The seagulls have been nesting on the roof of Macy’s. The problems is, when they become juveniles, they start trying to use their wings and aren’t always successful.

WBZ-TV’s Christina Hager reports

Some don’t survive the fall, some are injured, and others are often hit by drivers who can’t see them.

“The Humane Society of the United States, which operates Cape Wildlife, will work with mall management to try to find a humane way to solve the problem,” says Barbo. In the meantime, the Cape Wildlife Center is rehabilitating some of the injured gulls.

If it seems like a lot of effort for a bird many consider a pest, Cape Cod natives defend the gulls. “We’ve got to do something to help them survive,” one mall shopper told WBZ in the mall parking lot. “Seagulls have been part of the Cape ecosystem for thousands of years. They don’t know they’re considered by some people to be an inferior species,” says Barbo.

dan

seagulls are flying rats..we were at revere,nahant and hampton beaches and you can not even go in the water because they go on your beach towels and try to get your food…..ongoing problem…let the cape codders go to the beach and come back to find your food gone

Bernadine Gillette

Do you take your food and leave it in your campsite and not expect the possibility of a bear grabbing a free lunch? Every living thing has it’s place in the universe – even you.

dan

iam sure theresa barbo would not be to thrilled to find a seagull flying off with her kids lunch..if she has kids
rad666

The seagulls are the way they are because of people,. get over yourself you don’t own the beach because you have 2 legs.

PS keep your lunch in a cooler and the seagulls won;t be able to get it. who leaves food out on a beach towel to go in the water

dan

yes that is why i keep my food in a cooler.not hard to understand but what about the intelects that do not seem to grasp the concept… rad 666 helllo………..

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[...] Effort Underway To Save Fledgling Seagulls At Cape Cod Mall HYANNIS (CBS) – They give new meaning to the term “mall rats”, young seagulls littering the Cape Cod Mall parking lot because they’ve fallen and they can’t get up. “We’re asking drivers who are entering the Cape Cod Mall and leaving the mall to use extreme caution,” says Theresa Barbo, director of the Cape Wildlife Center. The seagulls have been nesting on the roof of Macy’s. The problems is, when they become juveniles, they start trying to use their wings and aren’t always successful………………………………………………. ( con’t ) .If it seems like a lot of effort for a bird many consider a pest, Cape Cod natives defend the gulls. “We’ve got to do something to help them survive,” one mall shopper told WBZ in the mall parking lot. “Seagulls have been part of the Cape ecosystem for thousands of years. They don’t know they’re considered by some people to be an inferior species,” says Barbo. well someone thought they were important, they are in the bible, they sit on the roof of every house, and are referenced “ like a dove “ N. Ireland police make 5 arrests in connection with officer’s death [...]
Beavis Comeavis

The seagulls will be fine. Well… probably not some of the ones nesting in this mall, but seagulls in general will be fine. They eat anything and are very hardy animals. I think ppl need to not worry about this.