It sounds like she'd been complaining for some time about the peacocks. I can see being frustrated when no one will take care of the problem.
As for hitting it with a bat... if I were to try to "take one out" myself, I'm not sure how else I could do it. A gun probably isn't allowed in a residential area.
No doubt that I agree with you on that. There are many more prudent ways that the issue could have been taken care of. I am not advocating at all for the beating of a live animal. I just don’t agree with the “should be locked up” statement. Then again even that would have to be dependent on the whole outcome of it. Like three days and a fine or five years. Sorry, don’t get me wrong I am an animal lover. I just get tired of hearing of the “atrocities” of the Michael Vick types, but rapists and murderers are getting plea deals. I have no doubt that what Vick did was despicable and he needed to be punished, but I guess I get overly......sensitive.......for lack of a better term, when it comes to this issue. Worked at a prison for a year and half and alot of times the criminals are let off too easy. Until we get that straightened out I can’t hear about an animal and that “atrocity.” Sorry, off soapbox now.