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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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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Because of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2022), overturning Roe v. Wade, leftist women are now getting spayed, and leftist men are getting vasectomies by peacocks.
Arabs used to neuter excess male camels by holding on to their legs and smashing their testicles with two bricks, but this hasn’t caught on with Democrats outside of parts of California.
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posted on
08/16/2023 7:19:03 PM PDT
by
yefragetuwrabrumuy
("All he had was a handgun. Why did you think that was a threat?" --Rittenhouse Prosecutor)
To: Desron13
In today's America Peacocks are probably not your first worry about creatures over running your city. Just saying... Ain't that the truth.
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posted on
08/16/2023 7:31:16 PM PDT
by
Bounced2X
(Boomer - I survived childhood with no bike helmet.)
To: gundog
You do secure them but it is pretty easy.
And that is when you are yanking out their testes just doing a clip is much less painful.
So no general anesthesia or even any anesthesia. Secure, slice, clip, dab of iodine, done.
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posted on
08/16/2023 7:51:28 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.)
To: Bounced2X
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posted on
08/16/2023 8:01:50 PM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
(Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
A wrist rocket sling shot and a 5/8 inch hex-nut is another option.
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posted on
08/16/2023 8:09:11 PM PDT
by
Fai Mao
(Starve the beast and steal its food!)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Anyone remember this movie: Six Days Seven Nights with Harrison Ford and the late Anne Heche.
To survive the Ford character kills and roasts peacocks. Heche at first thinks they’re too beautiful to kill but then chows down rather than die of starvation.
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posted on
08/16/2023 8:51:42 PM PDT
by
frank ballenger
(You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
To: Blood of Tyrants
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posted on
08/16/2023 9:13:29 PM PDT
by
No name given
(Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
When I was a kid in southern Arizona, the deer population would get out of hand from time to time, same with coyotes. The AZ game and fish department would allow deprivation hunting on them.
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posted on
08/16/2023 9:15:25 PM PDT
by
wjcsux
(On 3/14/1883 Karl Marx gave humanity his best gift, he died. )
To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
“Florida town overrun with peacocks turning to vasectomies to control population”
wouldn’t peacock burgers be cheaper and tastier?
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posted on
08/16/2023 9:33:53 PM PDT
by
catnipman
(In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
Seems kind of pushy for peacocks to be roaming a town performing vasectomies to control our population. Surprised there isn’t more push back.
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posted on
08/16/2023 11:20:16 PM PDT
by
Peter ODonnell
(It's tough non-work but somebody (Congress) has not to do it. )
To: Larry Lucido
LOL Frank knows what he's talking about.
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posted on
08/17/2023 4:52:40 AM PDT
by
Bounced2X
(Boomer - I survived childhood with no bike helmet.)
To: Larry Lucido
To: Iowa Granny; Ladysmith; Diana in Wisconsin; JLO; sergeantdave; damncat; phantomworker; joesnuffy; ..
Outdoors/Rural/wildlife/hunting/hiking/backpacking/National Parks/animals list please FR mail me to be on or off . And ping me is you see articles of interest.
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posted on
08/17/2023 5:53:37 AM PDT
by
SJackson
(In a war of ideas it is people who get killed.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks; SJackson
I’m pretty sure they’d taste like turkey. Why not just thin the herd and feed the hungry? They make an easy target. ;)
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posted on
08/17/2023 6:04:28 AM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
To: lee martell
LOL! Missed your post - I just said the same thing! :)
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posted on
08/17/2023 6:04:58 AM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Air rifles work just as well and will cost far less.
To: shadowlands1960
Peacocks can be pests... especially if you keep a garden.A friend of mine lives in a rural area of S.E. Michigan and his neighbor has peacocks. They squawk all day and they ate his wife's flowers.
To: Hot Tabasco
They almost sound like a baby crying or someone wailing
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posted on
08/17/2023 6:17:51 AM PDT
by
dkGba
To: lee martell
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posted on
08/17/2023 6:20:14 AM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
("Life without liberty is like a body without spirit." - Kahlil Gibran)
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