Posted on 02/02/2016 1:36:19 PM PST by C19fan
A villainous pair of swans have been tormenting the good citizens of Brimscombe, a tiny village in the Cotswolds, with such viciousness that it's become national news. According to Metro UK, the two swans have vandalized property, harassed vehicles on public thoroughfares, and even attacked children.
Local residents, Metro reports, have been forced to go about armed with water pistols because the authorities refuse to step in. Swans, local officials inform the fearful residents, are "protected animals."
(Excerpt) Read more at vox.com ...
My border collie looks exactly like that picture. And she loves to run right at a huge gaggle of geese and sen them flying in the air or into the lake. Collies can handle any water fowl with easy. And they find it quite fun.
Hunting a Swan can be easily done with a Callaway driver. FOURRRR!!! And for the beek.
“Mute Swans are a destructive invasive species here and you can’t kill them.”
You clearly need a .22 and a suppressor.
We have a pair that come to our several acre pond/lake every year to nest. They go door to door begging for food. It’s kinda cool! They’re big birds!
“Canadian geese aren’t that nice either.”
We have Canada Geese that hang out ne one of the ponds, and they’re on the street all the time. I have a green Highlander, and if I’m driving towards them, they ignore me and won’t get out of the way. Last Winter we had a big snow storm, and the front of my car was completely covered in white snow. As I approached them, they panicked and burst into flight. Only thing I can figure is thay thought my car was a polar bear looking for lunch!
No, Officer, I don’t know anything about the disappearance of those lovely birds. What a shame. That smell? Oh, right - the wife’s cooking chicken for supper tonight. G’day!
Mute swans are not mute; they can blare like a bugle or bark like a dog.
And when an angry cob (male) is guarding the pen (female) on her nest, he deploys knucklebone on his wings that can break a human arm.
BTW, roast swan was later replaced by roast turkey from the New World. Much less greasy.
Probably why my ancestors left.
Hmm...I’m wondering if there’s a local falconry shop that might be persuaded to “accidentally” let one of its more aggressive (and hungry) residents out of its cage?
Problem solved, and no follow up investigation from the local constabulary.
If one of those vermin hurt my kid, there would be a scrumptious Sunday supper.
A big bird with a spear bill...
More like a big duck bill.
Send ‘em all to the Flint area. I hear the water is fine...
If it’s roasted does it look like a goose?
Beautiful dog, how I love them! We had a bad Canada goose year where I worked a decade ago, a large research campus like a university. Called in a couple of dog trainers who had border collies. Lost a lot of work watching them from the windows, and it was quite a show. That one in your pic is cracking me up to remember. You can feel him thinking from here.
LoL,
Have never seen one roasted.
They aren’t a problem when they become aggressive.
Let them grab your finger, place thumb on top of beak and lower the head to the ground.
They then can’t injure their wings as they cool down, talking to them soothingly helps reduce any panic that can set in when the brain runs out of ideas to break free.
Watching them go cat5 on any nearby ducks afterwards is always funny.
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