Watch: How to capture thousands of pigeons

What do you do when your city is overrun by pigeons? Grab a net gun and round 'em up by the thousands.

Sat, Aug 21 2010 at 8:27 PM

Photo: Foxypar4/Flickr

Check out these insane videos of Barcelona city workers luring and then trapping hundreds of pigeons with a sweet net gun. The city plans on capturing 65,000 of the birds, nearly a quarter of the city's total number, in a bid to cut down on bird poop and pigeon swarms.

Via Gizmodo

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