Animal rights activists rally in front of City Hall on Tuesday to protest a decision by the City Council to install nets underneath the pier to keep pigeons from roosting and pooping in the water.

City Hall plans to install a net underneath the Santa Monica Pier to prevent pigeons from roosting and pooping in the water, which city officials believe is party responsible for poor water quality.

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Animal lovers on the Upper East Side are pushing back against a system of scaffold netting they say is trapping and harming birds — netting the city says shouldn’t have been installed at all.