Edinburgh Pigeons Trapped in Netting, Network Rail Vows to Fix

It's April 29, I'm Cory with the story, and this is Edinburgh News today, your AI-powered

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Pigeons are getting trapped behind wire mesh under an Edinburgh railway bridge, and locals

are calling it straight up cruel.

Network Rail put up the netting at Russell Road between Roseburn and Dowery to stop birds

from nesting in dangerous spots, but is backfiring big.

Time second time this year, birds have been caught.

Last week, resident Julie McGill-Lindon spotted the mess, with pigeons flapping desperately

to get out while others tried flying in.

She hit up social media, blasting Network Rail for a gnawing wildlife, and called in

the Scottish SPCA to rescue them.

Folks on the ground are heartbroken.

One local washed a bird, paced back and forth, stuck with no way through the gaps.

Dead pigeons were even found on the netting before they pulled it down, but they refitted

it anyway, trapping more birds right after.

Network Rail says they're on it now, reviewing the whole setup to figure out what went wrong

and make sure it doesn't trap birds again.

They're vowing to tweak safety measures across the board, so hopefully these feathered

friends get a fair shake moving forward.