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Re: Any animal killers here?

#501 Post by Woody » Sun Apr 30, 2023 8:28 am

I’m surprised that nobody has posted a video of The Beatles yet :ymdevil:
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#502 Post by limeygal » Sun Apr 30, 2023 8:57 am

GMan :YMHUG: to Piglet

Sue the buggers. :-bd

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#503 Post by llondel » Thu May 18, 2023 11:17 pm

Especially if there's an ordinance broken, you could present the family with the vet bill and ask them to reimburse you.

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#504 Post by Woody » Wed Aug 16, 2023 11:34 am

Some good news , pangolins aren’t that well known compared to Elephants and Rhinos.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-66375281
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#505 Post by G-CPTN » Wed Aug 16, 2023 9:48 pm

Many years ago (think Sinclair Spectrum) there was a text 'game' that asked questions. The answers were used to suggest what the player was thinking - and usually determined that the player was thinking of a pangolin (of which I had never heard . . . )

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#506 Post by PHXPhlyer » Sat Aug 26, 2023 3:40 pm

Pete the peacock, adored by Las Vegas neighborhood, fatally shot by bow and arrow
Pete was given a blood transfusion from another peacock but died after being shot twice, neighbors said.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pe ... rcna101942

A beloved Las Vegas neighborhood peacock named Pete was killed with a hunter’s bow and arrow, and authorities are trying to find who was behind it.

Animal Protection Services officers are investigating the death of the peacock, which belonged to a resident in a small gated neighborhood but had come to be accepted as the neighborhood pet throughout the years.

Felicity Carter, a neighbor, said she found the bird Monday against a fence with an arrow sticking out of him. She wrapped Pete in a blanket and, with the help of other neighbors, took him to a veterinarian who specializes in exotic pets.

She said the staff rushed to treat him, even looking into getting a blood transfusion from another peacock. But they found Pete had actually been shot twice.

“I just don’t understand why someone would do this,” Carter said. “We all just want to find out who did this. We want justice for Pete.”

Several neighbors say they are heartbroken. They loved to feed Pete berries and found comfort in knowing he was always just around the corner, lounging in someone’s yard or chasing the garbage truck on Tuesday mornings. Even the homeowners association accepted Pete as a neighborhood fixture.

Carter said Pete will be remembered for his “very distinct personality.”

Pete often was seen admiring his reflection in the chrome detailing of cars parked in the neighborhood. The mail courier and landscapers knew Pete, too, and would drive carefully through the neighborhood in case he was on the street.

“He literally would walk down the middle of the street with his swagger on display like he owned the joint,” Carter said, laughing.

Carter described it a happy accident how Pete came to be a resident in this neighborhood. Pete’s owner, she said, claims that years ago, the peacock randomly showed up at his doorstep. He decided to keep it.

Soon, everybody knew Pete, and other residents chipped in to take care of him.

Now the neighborhood is too quiet — and less colorful — without him, Carter said.

The neighborhood’s homeowners association sent out an email asking residents to check their surveillance cameras for any video footage that could help catch the killer.

In Las Vegas, animal cruelty is a misdemeanor offense with a penalty of up to six months in jail and a maximum $1,000 fine.

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#507 Post by Karearea » Sat Aug 26, 2023 4:41 pm

^ Used to have peafowl.
Sad to think of such a stately and magnificent creature turned into a bright crumpled rag.
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#508 Post by Ex-Ascot » Thu Mar 21, 2024 5:32 am

Botswana offering 10,000 elephants for Hyde Park.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... nting.html
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#509 Post by Ex-Ascot » Sat Mar 23, 2024 6:20 am

A good article about the elephant problems here.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... there.html
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#510 Post by Woody » Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:16 am

Didn’t have to scroll down very far before the inevitable stop the boats comment from a DM reader, because that’s really going to solve the countries problems ^!
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#511 Post by Hydromet » Sat Mar 23, 2024 11:41 am

Mrs H. cooked a lamb casserole tonight - the first red meat I've been able to face since I got crook. Went down well, must have been the wine in the recipe.

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#512 Post by tango15 » Sat Mar 23, 2024 12:13 pm

Woody wrote:
Wed Aug 16, 2023 11:34 am
Some good news , pangolins aren’t that well known compared to Elephants and Rhinos.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-66375281
On a couple of the Freeview channels, there are regular appeals for money to help protect them. Used for 'traditional Chinese medicine', apparently. Say no more

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#513 Post by llondel » Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:10 pm

Woody wrote:
Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:16 am
Didn’t have to scroll down very far before the inevitable stop the boats comment from a DM reader, because that’s really going to solve the countries problems ^!
Does the UK have problems with elephants arriving illegally in large numbers in boats?

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#514 Post by Woody » Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:00 pm

Does the UK have problems with elephants arriving illegally in large numbers in boats?
Has to be large numbers of boats, because you don’t get many in each boat :D
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