Animal behaviourists say seagulls in Melbourne’s CBD have learnt to knock food from people’s hands while shop workers say pedestrians are falling victim to aerial attacks daily.
Federation Square has employed a team of trained dogs to scare away the birds, after a similar program proved successful at Sydney’s Opera House.
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