From swooping for ice cream to เกมสล็อต ripping apart bin bags, seagulls have gained a bit of a bad reputation for being a pest.
But after a Swansea man saw a herring gull impaled on an anti-gull spike, thousands are calling for the use of nets and rails to be banned in Wales.
Patrick Driscall said being a nuisance was no reason for a "painful death".
The Welsh government said the measures should only be used "in exceptional circumstances".
In recent years there have been calls for culls in seaside areas, including Barry Island, after reports of adults and children being injured by dive-bombing gulls trying to steal food.
More than 37,000 people have now signed a petition calling for the UK and Welsh governments to review the use of "cruel" netting and spikes to deter gulls.
Mr Driscall, from Sketty, told the Local Democracy Reporting Service he felt herring and lesser black-backed gulls, whose populations are declining, had got a bad press and less harmful deterrents should be used.
He said leaving litter and food waste was encouraging the birds into towns and cities, and other birds were getting caught.