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The cost of a dirty canal
• ONE of the pleasures of the Regent’s Canal in the spring is seeing ducklings and goslings.
The tiny creatures often fall prey to larger fish or larger birds, perhaps even rats, so the natural struggle is evident enough.
How they cope with plastic bags and other litter and rubbish thrown down by humans, I don’t know.
Should we not act more responsibly by dealing with the litter problem of the canal?
Disposing of litter properly in the first place would be a good start.
As the litter lout is a common animal in Camden Town, British Waterways should make it clear that there is a cost for clearing the canal of litter and rubbish, so as to safeguard wildlife.
City Hall should be charged by British Waterways for the cost of clearing the canal, the cost being passed on to all council taxpayers.
London’s wildlife deserves better than the current rubbish state of affairs and we owe it to the world that London’s canals are cleaned up for London 2012.
What a pity seagulls and pigeons don’t target only litter louts!
Lester May
Reachview Close, NW1
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