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Kitten carried off and attack on baby in pram highlight dangers

Gary Robinson after being attacked by a seagull
Gary Robinson after being attacked by a seagull

A kitten that was carried off into the air and a baby attacked in its pram were among a series of vicious local seagull incidents.

Zoe Walker’s 12-week old kitten, Smokey, was scooped up by an aggressive gull in her own back garden.

Zoe, originally from Dundee, said: “I let the kitten outside for the first time and she seemed happy.

“I ran inside for two minutes and when I came out a massive seagull had picked her up.

“She was a good few feet in the air. We had to chuck stones at the seagull to make it let go.”

Thankfully little Smokey survived the terrifying encounter.

The Courier asked for seagull stories to be posted online and we’ve been inundated with responses.

Christine Hoggan Walker witnessed a gull swoop into a pram on Kirkcaldy High Street, swiping food from the baby’s hand and leaving the infant with a cut face.

Lynne Robertson Glen was dive-bombed twice walking her dog up Dundee’s Forebank Road.

Donna McLaren was with her children Calum, 10, Ellie, eight, and five-month old baby Cayden in Dundee city centre when a gull attacked.

“I was pushing my son in his pram when a gull swooped down and grabbed my pastie out of my hand,” she said.

Meanwhile, Paul Allan and his three-year-old son Murray had food stolen in Dundee’s City Square.

Former Wave 102 DJ Gary Robinson had his nose broken in a seagull attack in Perth Road, Dundee.

“It was relentless,” he said.

“I wasn’t eating anything at the time so I think they must have been nesting nearby.”

Not everyone dislikes seagulls, however.

Several readers wrote in to say they enjoy their presence in the urban setting.

Callum Smith from Dundee posted a picture of a gull on his window ledge.

“This is my pal who sits in the window and watches me when I’m on the computer,” he said.

“She causes no bother whatsoever – apart from tapping on the window at 4am wanting breakfast.”