{"id":1203,"date":"2014-03-04T11:18:17","date_gmt":"2014-03-04T11:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ipmpestcontrol.co.uk\/?p=1203"},"modified":"2017-04-11T16:30:50","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T16:30:50","slug":"top-5-problems-caused-pigeons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ipmpestcontrol.co.uk\/?p=1203","title":{"rendered":"The Top 5 Problems Caused By Pigeons"},"content":{"rendered":"

A recent story in the Bolton News<\/a>\u00a0highlighted the fact that A TONNE of food had to be destroyed \u2014 because it was being packaged in a warehouse that had become \"Pestinfested with pigeons.<\/p>\n

“Bolton Council<\/a>\u00a0applied for a food condemnation order at Bolton Magistrates Court after environmental health officials found the food and packaging belonging to Barkat Food Store Bolton Ltd covered with pigeon droppings, which they said caused \u201csubstantial contamination of food\u201d.<\/p>\n

“The premises were supposed to be used for storage, but inspectors found Asian dried foodstuffs, such as rice, popcorn, nuts and spices, being packaged there, with droppings on the food and plastic wrappings and no hand washing facilities available.”<\/p>\n

“The tonne of food was seized and yesterday (TUE), at Bolton Magistrates Court, the judge ordered it be dyed and disposed of in bins.”<\/p>\n

For more on this story please click on the following link –\u00a0http:\/\/www.theboltonnews.co.uk\/news\/11101467.Pigeon_infested_warehouse_bosses_told_to_destroy_a_tonne_of_food\/<\/p>\n

Top 5 Pigeon Problems<\/h2>\n

Problems such as the one highlighted above can prove to be negative in a variety of different ways for business. Not only do they cause damage which is costly to repair, the presence of pigeons poses a number of risks which ensure the problem should be faced immediately.<\/p>\n

Below we have identified the top 5 problems which can be caused by pigeons and other varieties of pest birds. These include:<\/p>\n