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.
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Yet another poorly written article. Who owned the ducks? We are just supposed to guess, I suppose....
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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Why stop there? Drain the pond. Cut down the trees. Dig up all the plants. Freakin’ attractive nuisances. God knows what wildlife is lurking in the trees, in the water and in the bushes.
Hell, make those protesters pay for a really big bubble that can be placed around the entire community. That’ll learn ‘em.
cute, my dogs says.
"Hey! I'm not dead yet!"
"Shut up, you will be soon."
OK, that put me back in a good mood. Good one.
And you bitch about me overcooking food!
Most likely they were Muscovy ducks. They are all over the place in Florida. Especially these communities with lakes. They sh*t everywhere! I don’t blame them. People just feed them and keep feeding them, and they get pretty plump. When I was a kid we had them and they tasted pretty good.
Animals including ducks eat and crap....They have no idea it is your precious orchids. I have no problem with the people trapping them and removing them although it is an endless job. What kind of shelter takes in animals and euthanizes them and then cremates them...take them out to the everglades and release them. They can fight for their survival with all the other critters.
LOL
PETA will be really angry with you!
I refuse to even take photos of them they’re so ugly.
It's impossible to murder a duck. Doesn't matter whether you kill the duck swiftly and painlessly, or torture it to death in a most hideous manner ... It's still not murder.
Why?
Because it's a friggin' DUCK!
Murder applies to people.
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