When you sometimes become weary in your occupation and wish you could just grow wings to get away from it all,
there are jobs out there that just might be right up your alley!
there are jobs out there that just might be right up your alley!
Quote:Blackpool Zoo's seagull-scaring jobs attract 200 applicantsArchived BBC Article:
'Nearly 200 people from around the world have applied for jobs at a zoo to wear bird costumes as part of official
seagull-scaring duties. Blackpool Zoo in Lancashire advertised after bosses said peckish pests had been persistently
stealing food from visitors and animal enclosures.
When parents beam with pride.
The zoo said people had applied for the roles from as far as Australia, India, Uganda and war-torn Ukraine.
Applicants have even sent in videos of themselves already dressed as birds. The successful candidates would join
the "visitor services" team as "seagull deterrents", the attraction's advert said. Five positions are available at £10.80
[$13.49] an hour.
The zoo said those taking on the roles would need to be "outgoing" and "comfortable wearing a bird costume". It is
unclear whether the outfit would match the inflatable eagle in the image shared by the venue. There is precedent for
attractions and other commercial enterprises using birds of prey - both real and fake - to deal with feathered frustrations
such as gulls and pigeons, including hawks deployed at tennis tournament Wimbledon. And local authorities have tried
various other measures to crack town centre winged woe, including lasers and special bins.
The advert reads: "As a seaside resort, Blackpool is not short of seagulls. However, the seagulls are proving to be a bit
of a nuisance when it comes to trying to steal food from our visitors and our animal enclosures. "We need to do what we
can to keep the seagulls away from our main visitor dining areas." Khaled Fawzy, the zoo's section head for birds and
events, told the BBC: "It's gone crazy since the advert went out.
"We've had applications from all over the world with people sending videos of themselves dressed as bananas, pineapples
and of course birds. Some of it has been a bit bizarre."...'
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