PIGEONS, CONTRACEPTION & MONTEREAU

May be difficult to guess the connection but it's the way ahead in Montereau-fault-Seine. They obviously had a pigeon problem so they built a pigeon loft by the river in 2012. 

Pigeonnier in Montereau-fault-Seine.

Apparently it's proving its worth as they encouraged the pigeons to nest there, not sure how, then a bit of birth control takes place. The eggs are substituted with dummy eggs and over the 4 years there has been a significant reduction in the pigeon population. Will the pigeons get wise and nest elsewhere? The jury is out. It's Bastille Day today so there will be huge feux d'artifice this evening, I'm sure that will shake the pigeons.