"Flying rats is being kind to them"
Ah - c'mon Raggy - all god's chillun got wings (or is that Red Bull drinkers?
The only creature I have ever made the effort to drive away is the ***** sparrowhawk that has occasionally put in an appearance in our (euphemistically titled) 'garden', and even then, I could never bring myself around to harming it.
I did baulk once when I was called in to do some work for a nurse in Knightsbridge (of all places)
She adopted the practice of opening her spare-room window and covering the floor with pigeon food - a skating rink, or what?
Jim Carroll