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Duck-killing infuriates neighbors
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| April 15, 2010
Posted on 04/15/2010 11:28:08 AM PDT by JoeProBono
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.- A Florida couple have been charged with theft for capturing ducks from a community lake and arranging to have them killed at an animal shelter.
Robert and Blain Aymond infuriated their Frenchman's Landing subdivision neighbors in Palm Beach Gardens, who showed up at a preliminary hearing en masse last month wearing yellow ribbons with pictures of ducks, The Palm Beach Post reported.
One woman, Lorraine Lyon, tried to bring the ducks's ashes to the hearing but was unable to get them past security.
While critics call the Aymonds duck-killers, their lawyer, Mitchell Beers, said there is another side to the story. The couple raise orchids and were tired of duck droppings on their plants. They thought they had a right to get rid of ducks on their property, he added.
"It's getting out of hand," Beers said. "They're sending pictures of ducks to the judge, putting signs up saying that my clients murdered the ducks."
The Aymonds herded eight ducks onto their patio and then arranged for a trapper to take them to the shelter. They are scheduled to go on trial next month on a misdemeanor charge of stealing ducks valued at $280.
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: duck; jpb
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To: JoeProBono
Duck is good...Had the best meal in Buffalo, NY.
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posted on
04/15/2010 11:30:22 AM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
(What)
To: JoeProBono
Personally, I prefer my duck as a link sausage, smoked. Add in some fried potatos and ice cold beer, up north we just call that dinner.
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
04/15/2010 11:33:17 AM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Chuck DeVore - CA Senator. Believe.)
To: NormsRevenge
This just quacks me up ...
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posted on
04/15/2010 11:36:12 AM PDT
by
BlueLancer
(I'm getting a fine tootsy-frootsying right here...)
To: JoeProBono
One woman, Lorraine Lyon, tried to bring the ducks's ashes to the hearing but was unable to get them past security. Duck ashes? Duck a l'orange in a Grecian Urn?
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posted on
04/15/2010 11:37:13 AM PDT
by
mlocher
(USA is a sovereign nation)
To: JoeProBono

I really do hope these folks are at least ashamed. Make 'em pay.
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posted on
04/15/2010 11:38:13 AM PDT
by
stormer
To: NormsRevenge
To: JoeProBono
Robert and Blain Aymond infuriated their Frenchman's Landing subdivision neighbors in Palm Beach Gardens, who showed up at a preliminary hearing en masse last month wearing yellow ribbons with pictures of ducks, The Palm Beach Post reported. Some people have a strange sense of priorities.
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posted on
04/15/2010 11:39:29 AM PDT
by
B Knotts
(Impeach Obama)
To: JoeProBono
“wearing yellow ribbons with pictures of ducks,”
I consider this an affront to our brave men and women that are currently serving in war! If I were in Palm Beach, I might just go kill more of their ducks.
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posted on
04/15/2010 11:43:06 AM PDT
by
CSM
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To: JoeProBono
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posted on
04/15/2010 11:43:18 AM PDT
by
Hacklehead
(Liberalism is the art of taking what works, breaking it, and then blaming conservatives.)
To: stormer
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posted on
04/15/2010 11:49:18 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
04/15/2010 11:50:48 AM PDT
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Live jubtabulously!)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
04/15/2010 11:50:57 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: stormer
I really do hope these folks are at least ashamed. Make ‘em pay
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I assume - of course - you are referring to the idiots who would bring duck ashes to a protest.
And I agree with you. Make these moron protestors pay for the damages to the orchids. And for the costs of putting the ducks to sleep.
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posted on
04/15/2010 11:52:16 AM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(PALIN/MCCAIN IN 2012 - barf alert? sarc tag? -- can't decide)
To: Tijeras_Slim
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posted on
04/15/2010 11:53:44 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Sacajaweau
Like you, I’m a quack addict. Make mine Smoked Tead Duck or Peking Duck.
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posted on
04/15/2010 11:54:57 AM PDT
by
12Gauge687
(Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice)
To: JoeProBono
We have all fallen down the rabbit hole. This is crazy. Murder is not a word you can use. But there are a whole lot of people out there now who see no difference between humans and critters. You should fear them.
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posted on
04/15/2010 11:57:29 AM PDT
by
brytlea
(Jesus loves me, this I know.)
To: Tijeras_Slim; Salamander; Slings and Arrows; Markos33; JoeProBono; humblegunner; Eaker; kanawa; ...
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posted on
04/15/2010 11:59:09 AM PDT
by
shibumi
(FReepMail me to get on the "Hippo Attack" ping list!)
To: JoeProBono
Just had to post this one. :)
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posted on
04/15/2010 12:00:22 PM PDT
by
brytlea
(Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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