How Japan’s capital put a lid on crow chaos with a ‘simple’ fix

For years, Tokyo residents woke to the sound of crows ripping open rubbish bags, the city’s backstreets strewn with the remains of last night’s dinners. Today those scenes have mostly disappeared, thanks to a 25-year campaign to curb the crow population. A survey conducted in December showed the number of crows in Japan’s capital had fallen to less than 20 per cent of its early-2000s peak. City officials and bird experts say the success stems from a mix of civic discipline, careful waste...