Some of these bikers have apparently been making a real nuisance of themselves, behaving in a dangerous and inconsiderate manner.

Councillors and the police have spoken out about the dangers of this behaviour, which could lead to a serious injury.

The Tele article also said the police had received numerous calls on this matter.

To my mind the question is, why are young people able to access these machines?

They can’t be cheap and the last time I looked, kids are not running around with hundreds of pounds in their back pockets.

If parents are giving their kids these bikes, then surely they should also be educating their children about being responsible and not causing a nuisance to others, not to mention keeping themselves safe? — Sensible.

I am worried there will be an accident due to this lack of care.

I appeal to drivers to follow good practice at this and all junctions. — Angry Driver.

They are double parking, parking on the new paving stones and are causing danger to members of the public.

Why are the taxi ranks sitting empty?

Also, the people on substance abuse have moved back in, begging for money, shouting across the street to each other.

I witnessed at least two fights between them last week.

The delivery vehicles are in the wrong place. Why don’t they use the back of the shops?

How on earth are we supposed to attract new business to Lochee with this going on? — Fed Up.

From my window I can see at least seven nests with two or three chicks in each one.

We pay huge sums in council tax, which must cover issues such as this.

All the council needs to do is offer a comprehensive and free nest removal service to all its residents and the numbers will naturally fall — no expensive cull of gulls will be needed.

The environmental health team in the council should be able to do this easily. — Fed Up.

I shudder to think what impression visitors to the city have of its population.

I work in the city centre and every day you see obese mothers pushing their prams and feeding their children sausage rolls and other unhealthy foods.

I must say I am very surprised by Councillor Regan calling for a cull of a protected species of bird and I have forwarded his article to the RSPB and SNH who I’m sure will be very interested by what he had to say.

Maybe instead he should be asking his litter wardens to go around and try to catch all those who eat fast food and then proceed to dump their litter on the city streets. — Reader.

Anyone interested in coming along, please contact Jennifer on 07745 387155 for further details. — Jennifer Petrie, Strawberrybank, Longforgan.

Are council employees really immune from prosecution under animal rights legislation? I find this concept disquieting, to say the least.

Secondly, you don’t have to be a genius in order to work out that it’s humans who create this situation in the first place. When a gull snatches a sausage roll from someone it is not attacking, it is hunting for food. However, I appreciate that if you are the recipient of this behaviour, it can be frightening.

Gulls build their nests on rooftops because they are substitutes for cliff-ledges. Dundee is a coastal town; gulls are coastal birds.

We leave piles of rubbish in easily accessible plastic bags on our streets, perfect hunting grounds for a foraging bird like a gull. We cannot take the moral high ground here. — Carolyn Taylor, Wellbank.

I cannot believe that such a horrible act would be carried out to rid the city of Dundee of seagulls.

Yes, they can be a pain, but they are still living animals. I will be making a complaint and speaking with the Lord Provost regarding this act.

Any other animal lover wishing to contribute towards the complaint should contact me on 07518 559707. — Daryl B. Easy Walkers.

This was a horrible thing to do. I love animals and birds and do not like to hear of people being so cruel.

Why can’t they leave the birds alone to live their lives? Just because some people don’t like seagulls, does not mean they don’t deserve to live. — Gary Macintosh (Aged 14).

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Due to human littering it’s not surprising birds and other animals are taking advantage of the fact that some human beings are just litterlouts, which encourages the gulls. — Alix.

Powered guns being used in the centre of Dundee, chicks being removed from their nests and bludgeoned to death in full view of any passers by. It is hardly the way. — Dyke.

I understand these birds are considered by many to be a nuisance but this method is cruel.

I am also annoyed that the cash-strapped council is wasting money on this cull when there are junkies’ needles recklessly discarded on a daily basis. — Carmen Cox, Fleming Gardens South.

I am an animal and bird lover and to hear the way the council is trying to overcome the problem of gulls is awful. Can they say they are shooting the gulls humanely? What if they do not die straight away? They could be in agony.

I know the gulls are becoming a problem in the city centre and surrounding areas but surely I am not the only person appalled at the inhumane, barbaric way the council are dealing with the situation. — A. Gordon, Dickson Avenue, Dundee.

It’s about time something was done.

The hard-working, council tax paying patrons of Dundee deserve better than some flying disease-ridden pests effectively ruling their city. — Steven Seagull.