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Results and critical standpoints regarding the actions of the feral pigeon (Columba livia) population management in Ljubljana were studied. The objective of the study was to evaluate the efficiency of the methods used to manage and control the feral pigeon population in Ljubljana. The effectiveness of progesterone, ultrasound deterrent and artificial dovecots for egg collection was tested in order to evaluate different approaches to feral pigeon population management in Ljubljana. The most effective method of pigeon control was the use of contraceptives, since the number of pigeons in selected locations of the wider centre of Ljubljana decreased by 49.1% (P>0.05) in the period from 1999 to 2004. The method of ultrasound as a pigeon deterrent remains questionable, since no distinctive deterrent effects were established, even though pigeons in our experiment showed signifi cant (P, U ovome su radu prikazani rezultati kao i kritički osvrt na primjenu različitih metoda u uređivanju populacije golubova u Ljubljani. Ujedno, cilj ove studije bio je utvrditi učinkovitost postupaka poduzetih sa svrhom uređivanja populacije golubova u Ljubljani. Radi vrednovanja različitih pristupa u uređivanju populacije golubova provjeravana je djelotvornost progesterona, ultrazvuka i umjetnih golubinjaka. Najdjelotvornijom metodom u kontroli populacije golubova pokazala se upotreba kontraceptiva budući da se broj golubova u Ljubljani smanjio za 49,1% (P>0,05) u razdoblju od godine 1999. do 2004. Metoda zastrašivanja ultrazvukom vrlo je upitna, iako su golubovi u našem istraživanju pokazali određeni strah od letenja u prostoru u kojem je bio uključen ultrazvuk te značajne (P