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.
Hmmmmm Apparently there are only 2 genders of peacocks.
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.
Is there a vasectomies class in med school for this ?
Are those doing this procedure covered by workman’s comp ?
Peacocks can be pests... especially if you keep a garden.
I think the Romans used to eat them as a delicacy.
Eat them. They make for a very fine meal. I’m no kidding.
Can peacocks have legal abortions?
Only some are peacocks. Half are peahens. Asa group they are called peafowl.
They taste just like chicken. Cull the flock.
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.
Why not just shoot them?
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.
Because city dwellers are stupide and do not want to see anything hurt.
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!
Or an airsoft gun works.
Fact: every animal dies.
In Florida, they can up to 6 weeks.
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.
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