Abstract
Seagulls are quasi-wild animals synonymous with many seaside resorts. In these tourism-dependent locations, these birds live via their own physiological, psychological, and social interests. Yet, the relations between gulls and the tourist experience are anything but neighbourly, as humans often complain about gulls. This chapter explores the contemporary relations between gulls and tourism. It is concerned with advancing human responsibilities for animal welfare and rights in order to bring justice for sentient animals, recognising that justice is not only for humans. The chapter uses empirical evidence to uncover human constructions of and concerns with the gull-tourism-seaside nexus in the 21st century through an analysis of newspaper article framing of gull-tourism relations in the UK coastal resort of Scarborough. In doing so, it highlights a disregard for gull welfare in favour of humans, offering them no justice. This discussion, considers how humans and the tourism industry can improve gull welfare and rights at the seaside, bringing true justice to them. As such, the chapter advances debates on what constitutes 'justice' for animals beyond humanistic constructs of welfare and rights.