Article: Holyrood pigeon problem.

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Daily Mail (London)
Article date:
February 22, 2006
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HOLYROOD chiefs have been urged to clamp down on the parliament's pigeon problem as the threat of bird flu looms.

MSPs have complained that bird droppings and feathers have entered offices through air vents.

Independent MSP Margo MacDonald has written to Presiding Officer George Reid, calling for greater urgency in tackling the ...

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