Council sets up patrols to stop people feeding birds bread

A crackdown has been launched to cease folks feeding birds (Image: Getty Photos/Twitter)

Fowl-lovers have fallen foul of Leicester Metropolis Council – after a row broke out over deserted bread.

Wardens rushed to a neighborhood in Rushey Mead on Monday after they obtained experiences that 4 slices had been left on the bottom.

Investigations quickly revealed the glutinous grub had been not noted for native birds.

The wardens took to Twitter to voice their frustrations.

They tweeted: ‘Rushey Mead Metropolis Warden has obtained complaints concerning bread deposited for birds on public land. Visited and eliminated bread.’

The council plans to put in indicators and perform early-morning patrols to fight the issue.

Deserted meals, comparable to bread, attracts undesirable ‘vermin’, comparable to rats, they are saying.

However their techniques have been likened to ‘Large Brother’ by one native politician.

Wardens will monitor the realm with patrols within the mornings (Image: Leicester Metropolis Wardens/Fb)

The offending bread was left within the Rushey Mead space of Leicester (Image: @citywardens/Twitter)

North West Leicestershire MP Andrew Bridgen instructed the Mirror: ‘It’s like communist China, stopping you feeding the birds. Large Brother is watching in Leicester when you're feeding the birds, it appears.

‘It’s a bit just like the lockdowns in Shanghai proper now – you'll be able to’t feed the birds.

‘Provided that Leicester was some of the locked-down locations throughout Covid, it’s attention-grabbing that the council didn’t take that view on rule-breaking on the mayor’s breaking of lockdown to go to his associate.’

The deserted bread had been reported to the council by native residents.

The council crackdown has been likened to ‘communist China’ (Image: London Portrait Photoqrapher)

Feeding birds can result in an increase in rats and different ‘vermin’ say wardens (Image: Getty Photos)

A Leicester Metropolis Council spokesperson instructed Metro.co.uk: ‘Our metropolis wardens have been responding to complaints from residents about this dumped meals. Folks may assume they’re serving to native wildlife, nevertheless it’s extra probably they're attracting rats.

‘It could look like a minor problem however Leicester Metropolis Council spent greater than £300,000 on pest management final yr.

‘Councils up and down the nation often need to spend their restricted sources coping with pest issues.’

Native authorities throughout the UK have been clamping down on chicken feeding – and have made cash in doing so.

Hazel Kirby, from Bolton, was fined an ‘extortionate’ £150 positive for throwing two small crusts from a sandwich to pigeons in Manchester metropolis centre.

She stated: ‘I dropped a crust to a chicken – it's not the crime of the century. I don't drop litter and am a accountable citizen.’

And in London, James Watson, 68, was given a £150 mounted penalty discover by Ealing Council for throwing chicken feed onto the bottom then strolling away.

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