I'm not sure I've ever met anyone who's fond of seagulls - and if you were, you won't be now.

This seagull has been stealing the food from a 16-year-old cat who can't defend himself! He looks so sad in the pictures, poor old moggie.

http://swns.com/cheeky-seagull-steal...od-131632.html

I'll probably start up an anti-seagull Facebook group now...

Bring the cat and the food indoors or feed the cat in the shed. Problem solved!

I love seagulls. They don't behave badly here. It must be a chav seagull.

Gulls can certainly be bullies but it doesn't help that the owners put the bowls so close together!

Feed the gull away from the cat and stand guard for the cat!

Not feeding the gull would probably not work as seagulls aren't always scared of people so it would still ignore them and steal the cat's food.

Stud u like good suggestions but it says in the article that the cat won't eat anywhere else.

Mind you the cat could be losing rate from stress from the gull or if the cat is that elderly he could be losing weight due to renal failure, rather than just from getting less food.

That is what sounds odd to me, Cats will eat anywhere if they are hungry enough.

True, one of my cats only had 1 kidney and had to have this thick smelly stodge that cost about 7 pounds a week in 1990. So dread to think how much it costs now!

I hate them. They'd have your eyes out in a flash if you let them.

We obviously have a different type of seagull in my town. They are friendly and knock on windows for their bread.

We were on holiday in Cornwall a couple of weeks ago and bought Fish and Chips from Rick Stein's chippy in Padstow. As we left the shop a seagull actually swooped down several times and tried to steal my OH's chips! He had to fight the damn thing off! It was dive bombing him, and quite shook him up!

poison the food one day. it'll be right, just make sure the cat doesn;t get to it first

Don't be fooled, they are just softening you up, what they really love is squishy, white and and the size of a table tennis ball. Why are their beaks that shape, do you think?

Eh ?
Erm...scallops ?

The other day I saw a pile of chips on the pavement.
A seagull came down and took one of the chips and flew off with it.
Another seagull flew over and chased the first one, trying to get his chip, completely ignoring the pile of chips !

Eyes! Human eyes!

Oh right ! lol

I was mugged by a seagull in St. Ives once - dropped a whole pasty when it banged into my shoulder. Mind you - I made sure the dog had it (or at least as much as I was prepared to let her have), and the seagull had none.

PS: The local news recently featured a school on the south coast which had to turn off its wind turbine because it was chopping up herring gulls. Apparently those nasty things are endangered.

A friend of mine told me of a holiday she was on a few years ago at a seaside resort.
She was walking along the sea front on a hot day with plenty of people enjoying the sunshine.
There was a family near her and their little girl had an ice cream or similar to eat.
These seagulls can spot someone with food from who knows what sort of distance away and began dive bombing her.
This girl was only a little tot and was very frightened by this bird, so to defend her, her dad took a swing at this bird on its next attack and knock it clean out.
My friend walked over to have a look and a few people had gathered to have a look.
The seagull was still for 20 seconds or so before coming round and rather shakily flying off.
She said it was an amazing sight.
I think the little girl recovered ok after.
The dad was acting like it was a big deal.

Being dive-bombed by a huge seagull is no joke - even for an adult.

The problem is the morons that feed them.

Just another symptom of mans selfish impact on the natural habitat of a wild creature.

Er by the way, has anyone got a "pet" seagull?

It's nothing to do with natural habitat of a wild creature - which in the case of gulls is windswept cliff faces far from human habitation. Gulls moved to towns back in the early days of mass fisheries to eat all the guts etc that were discarded, and have flourished because of takeaway food and black bin liner bags. Their habits have changed even in my lifetime. You never used to see them in town centres at all, just at the docks.

I live in the Penwith area & my niece was dive bombed too! It swooped down on the harbour front and pecked the food from her hand just as she was about to eat it. It scared the hell out of her as she was 5 at the time. My mother also witnessed a blackbird pecked to death by a group of seagulls in Penzance. It appeared to be on the seagulls 'food territory'. It started off with one or two gulls circling it on the tarmac, then they all attacked it. All that was left was parts of the carcass and feathers. She said it was sickening. Thats nature folks!

Seagulls nest on the roof across from us and they are amazing to watch. It has given me a whole new attitude to them. I am definitely a fan!