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Florida town overrun with peacocks turning to vasectomies to control population
WSAZ News Channel 3 ^ | August 14, 2023 | WFOR Staff

Posted on 08/16/2023 6:09:08 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

PINECREST, Fla. (WFOR) – A suburban Florida town overrun with peacocks has come up with a solution to its overpopulation.

The male birds in Pinecrest, Florida, will be getting vasectomies.

Residents have complained the fowl are scratching their roofs and cars, making messes on their driveways, and their squawks are a nuisance.

The procedure on one bird can stop between six to 12 females from reproducing.

The Miami-Dade County commissioners approved the plan and are launching the pilot program in a few weeks.

A county commissioner says if the plan works in Pinecrest, they may use it in other communities, such as South Miami and Coral Gables.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine; Local News; Miscellaneous; Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: florida; floridabird; nuisance; peacocks; pinecrest; vasectomies
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1 posted on 08/16/2023 6:09:08 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Hmmmmm Apparently there are only 2 genders of peacocks.


2 posted on 08/16/2023 6:11:46 PM PDT by Bounced2X (Boomer - I survived childhood with no bike helmet.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Why not just place a Bounty on the Peacocks, for a limited time only - No Bag Limit! This plan seems to work for Pythons.

I would suspect those birds would be edible and taste something like Turkey.


3 posted on 08/16/2023 6:15:14 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: lee martell

Is there a vasectomies class in med school for this ?

Are those doing this procedure covered by workman’s comp ?


4 posted on 08/16/2023 6:20:24 PM PDT by George from New England
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Peacocks can be pests... especially if you keep a garden.


5 posted on 08/16/2023 6:22:15 PM PDT by shadowlands1960 (We live in a world of intolerance masked as tolerance. RUSH LIMBAUGH)
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To: lee martell

I think the Romans used to eat them as a delicacy.


6 posted on 08/16/2023 6:22:36 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Eat them. They make for a very fine meal. I’m no kidding.


7 posted on 08/16/2023 6:23:02 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (The Delay Trump’s trial, delay. Elect Trump President. Trump pardons himself. )
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To: George from New England

Can peacocks have legal abortions?


8 posted on 08/16/2023 6:23:44 PM PDT by shadeaud (God gave us the free will and intelligence to choose right from wrong. Use it or lose it!)
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To: Bounced2X

Only some are peacocks. Half are peahens. Asa group they are called peafowl.


9 posted on 08/16/2023 6:23:45 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants ( "It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled."- Mark Twain)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

They taste just like chicken. Cull the flock.


10 posted on 08/16/2023 6:29:21 PM PDT by DownInFlames (P)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

They are commercially available ornamental fowl. Theres a market for them, I’m seeing US prices from $50-475 a head.

I see a business.


11 posted on 08/16/2023 6:29:56 PM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Why not just shoot them?


12 posted on 08/16/2023 6:29:57 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

They’ve invaded without invitation. Crossed boundaries. Residents are forced to accept them. They strut their stuff. We get stuck with the bill.

Oh, the peacocks, I thought....never mind.


13 posted on 08/16/2023 6:32:09 PM PDT by patriot torch
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To: DouglasKC

Because city dwellers are stupide and do not want to see anything hurt.


14 posted on 08/16/2023 6:32:25 PM PDT by riverrunner
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To: George from New England

Any such medical procedure would have to be done only under General Anesthesia. No little dab of linocaine as though for a tattoo. You don’t want the moment of excision to be when you realize that Peacock brought to the Vet today is actually a Cassowary, not a Peacock at all!


15 posted on 08/16/2023 6:33:24 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Or an airsoft gun works.


16 posted on 08/16/2023 6:33:29 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Follow the money. Even if it leads you to someplace horrible it will still lead you to the truth.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

https://foragerchef.com/cooking-a-peacock/


17 posted on 08/16/2023 6:33:57 PM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: riverrunner
Exactly. Many people in the United States seem to be under the delusion that animals live forever.

Fact: every animal dies.

18 posted on 08/16/2023 6:34:25 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: shadeaud

In Florida, they can up to 6 weeks.


19 posted on 08/16/2023 6:34:37 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Somehow, the best laid plans...

I remember in India in the ‘60’s, the gov’t launch a sterilization program to stem the growing population. As an inducement, they would give a transistor portable radio, then a really desirable item, to any male who volunteered for a vasectomy. Over a two year period, they gave away millions upon millions of radios but there was no decrease in the birth rate. After months of studying the data, they discovered they had sterilized over 90% of males age 65 and older and virtually no one under the age of 30.


20 posted on 08/16/2023 6:35:02 PM PDT by econjack
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