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.
Beautiful photos, did you take them? Texas has lots of shore birds but we live 50 miles inland in Houston. We are very near Buffalo Bayou and have wonderful wooded areas, the bird life here is incrediable.
Didn’t you talk about moving to Houston a while back?
Yes, I took them, thank you. It’s the only plus to living out here.
Yes, we very nearly moved to Houston a couple of years ago, and then thankfully it didn’t happen before the financial meltdown happened. My husband would have likely been out of a job, if the timing had been a little different. My son lives in Houston, tho. I would love to be back in TX but that is unlikely to happen any time soon. However, a job is a job. :)
Orchids over ducks?
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