Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin) has launched a removal campaign against crows. Residents complain about noise, droppings on cars and ripped trash cans.
The municipality is also banking on the new public lighting policy to scare away birds. It hopes to renew the partnership with the League for the Protection of Birds to use peregrine falcons, natural predators of crows, as predators of the rook colony in Mulhouse. The city will reduce the intensity of lighting at night in certain neighborhoods to save money.