RSPB in shock Sagrada Familia admission

The United Kingdom's 'premier' conservation charity, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds has come clean and admitted that it is the chief organisation behind the development of Barcelona's iconic Sagrada Familia cathedral.

In construction since 1882, the building is not scheduled to be completed until 'the onset of Summer 2025' at the earliest.

Designed by the renowned Antoni Gaudi, the structure was generally considered to be a Catholic place of worship, but Will Colsen, the RSPB's project manager in Barcelona, has shed some new light on the situation.

"The Sagrada Familia was actually one the RSPB' s first undertakings. We noticed that we had few memberships in Catalonia at the time, so we commissioned Gaudi to design an edifice on which Peregrine Falcons could nest. Visitors were to be hoisted up by rope and basket to view the birds and on the way down the local RSPB membership recruiter was required to subject them to a 'Spanish Inquisition' until they joined the charity."

Regardless of the overrun and huge costs involved, the RSPB still thinks the project has been worthwhile.

"Despite requiring almost 97% of our total revenues we feel that the Sagrada Familia will give us a vital foothold in a country notrious for a lack of respect toward animals and no reserve in the United Kingdom has suffered as a result of this massive undertaking."

Until later.