Florida community tries unique solution to peacock nuisance
Pinecrest, Florida, has seen its peacock population explode, leading to plenty of noise, property damage and more havoc. Now, the community is trying a unique solution to slow the growth of the birds' population.
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What do we do with the annoying humans?
amen to that..............
Vasectomy
First, make sure you are not one of them
just self delete if its an issue.
Peacocks are native to South Asia, so this is an issue that was created by humans bringing these animals here. We need to fix the laws regarding owning and bringing animals into the country so that non-native species aren't brought here.
They literally escape from the every year 😂
And non native plants!
Send all you’re pets back. Cats, dogs, fish, turtles, chickens etc 😂😂
It has not been legal to bring non native birds to America since the 70s. The laws were fixed a very long time ago.
Maybe some of them got in shipping containers and made their way over here!
Given that peacocks aren't native to Florida, it makes sense to figure out population control. They were probably brought as exotic pets and released into the wild when the owners realized how loud they can be. Gorgeous, but yes, looks like a nuisance.
Not really as there is no actual issue. Just like the chameleons that are not native. For all intents and purposes they are harmless to people and the environment. It's just some cranky old farts that have lived longer than they should with too much time on their hands want to cause trouble.
@@WaterspoutsOfTheDeep You clearly didn't watch this piece or actually know what you are talking about. As one that lives near a community in Florida that is over run with peacock they cause a LOT of damage, and destroy gardens, yards, houses, and cars with their excretions. So if you have no idea what you're talking about keep your yap shut.
Humans only species that desperately needs population control.
People get them as yard ornaments and don't realize they aren't territorial like chickens. A restaurant near me has them as a part of the antebellum image they project (it's in a renovated plantation house) and they basically go wherever they please, often many blocks away. They march straight down the middle of the street in groups of five or six, serenely ignoring the cars. Of course, nobody hits them, they're huge. They evidently don't form an attachment to an area, and naturally roam around at will. They can fly just well enough to get over most fences too.
@@ImpendingJoker the peacocks dont bother me, sure they are loud but usually during the early morning and night time. other then that its not a issue for me. i see them on the lawn all the time 😂
When I lived in Fort Lauderdale my neighborhood had peacocks, most of the neighbors loved them. One neighbor ran a couple of them over with his car killing them, he bragged about it and thought is was funny. That last time he did it he came out of his house and found his front and back windshils smashed out and all 4 tires slashed. A note was left from what I heard .. it said now you can walk.
I love it
Not all heroes wear capes❤
@@surgicalninja216 came here to say that.
We got them running wild on the outskirts of LA. They can be annoying but still really cool. I'd rather have them around than not
I think the same. I have no idea how Floridas population exploded when they’re doing so well at controlling the numbers in the rest of the southern gulf states like Texas and Louisiana.
How the hell did they make it to l.a 😮
They do eat termites
Peacocks are beautiful birds. Why would anyone think they are nuisance in nature?
@@jdos5643Because they’re invasive in Florida. Duh 🙄
@@touremuhammad5983 everything is invasive in florida.... including us humans
I have lived amongst peacocks before with no problems. The people in this case are creating the problem.
Really? Id say humans tend to be more a nuisance
At least they aren't shooting them! Florida has enough animal problems as it is. Fixing the birds is the kindness thing they can do. They aren't native and it's not fair for them to live there.
We have many un-natives from other states... BBQ with the Yankees ... we are having Pea Fowl
@akenjah The entire world has an animal problem: *the human animal.*
So are all white Americans.
@@TJSaw Satan is racist too
If they're not native then simply relocate them. Fixing these magnificent peacocks is not the kindest thing to do.
Peacock sanctuary???
I would think having peacocks in your yard would be considered to be wonderful. My friend has peacocks in her neighborhood and they love them. Too many people who have no connection to nature. I have no respect for them.
My neighbor had peacocks and when they poop all over your car, patio, outdoor furniture it can get frustrating
Not liking an invasive species doesn't mean that someone doesn't like nature. I'll take gators over peacocks any day.
Although I would honestly love having neighborhood peacocks, they are technically an invasive species and can be a big threat for other native species. It’s hard, but I think keeping that in mind in itself is respecting nature. Also - they are handling this in an extremely humane way and not actually harming the current population but preventing it from growing and potentially causing more damage to the environment and native species. It’s not just letting nature be nature and not interfering because this is already a human created problem therefore we should be responsible to help mitigate it (obviously in a humane way like what they are doing here).
I love the their calls and sounds. I’m more annoyed by barking dogs and children screaming
Hit and snip! Yep, that's exactly what they did to me!! Right after kid #2!
This is a battle between the eye network versus the peacock network.
Great watch dogs. Send some to Texas. They'll let us know when feral hogs get in the hay fields.
How do you identify them when they have gone through the procedure so you don’t run them through the process again?
Good point! Yeah, they should be tagged.
Always blame the males.
My guess would be banding.
Peacock 🦚 wearing a tag "I'm fixed" 😅 suddenly all peacock 🦚 are wearing the tag
Probably like they do with cats and dogs. Put a very small tattoo by the spot that they did the surgery on. So that shelters and vets will know that they’re already fixed.
The peacock is a beautiful bird . Humans do like seeing beautiful birds . Instead of the surgery, relocation of some birds should have been done .
Where can you relocate them that they don't become nuisances?
@@nghtwtchmn129 couple zoo's/ lions country safari in plam beach county /im sure theres some acres of land they can be released on the wild or something, but they wont all survive due to panther's/Bobcats
Are humans not nuisances? Lmao
Tastes like chicken
Question., how many Floridians have ever eaten pheasant under glass? Have they ever eaten the French dish squab? That’s a fancy name for pigeon. How many hunters have ever hunted turkey? Then there are prairie chicken and Quail . PETA? Take a hike, you aren’t hungry enough.
Woman we eat everything here in Florida... its FLORIDAING its what we do
What do they taste like and how do they go with biscuits????
Hell ya!!!! Go peacock!!!
This seems like a very expensive way to lower the population. Also very time consuming.
It's to appease the select few old farts that are making a stink about it, clearly every one else loves them and doesn't want them to go. This way they can say they took care of the issue and they stay.
what alternative do you suggest?
Curry powder would do it at a fraction of the cost.
Vasectomies? Who is flipping that bill?
Most likely the HOA association for that neighborhood.
High Class Turkeys
I had a peacock bowing up on me while i was at a house working on a ac unit. He wouldn't get close.
What about too many humans
We've got wars to compensate for our inability to limit our birthrates. Still not enough though. Oh well, nature will do the rest.
If only we can practice eugenics. We were warned and we disobeyed. Now we suffer.
Yup to many Europeans on Native Americans land 🔥👈👈👈
It's been going on already ordered by the aliens. Wars, covid, tsunami's etc. Just look at history; every 30 years or so there is a mass killing of humans by one of those mentioned.
They already doing that.. the abortion percentage in America is crazy
Peacocks are majestic and US is lucky to have them in that kind of weather and guess don’t deserve them, they’re so beautiful and how could any think about potentially harming.
These birds are a nuisance. They crap everywhere, jump on cars and destroy the paint. Plus they are noisy. If you love these birds so much round them up and bring them home. After they have crapped all over everything in your yard and destroyed the paint job on you`re car then tell me how much you love them.
You have problems with peacocks i have problems with wild turkeys lol
Wild turkeys don't hurt anything on an acreage in Florida , do you have them in your city ?
I saw a hen turkey walking down the alley at Josephine & 12th in Denver a week ago. They get around.
Thanksgiving anytime? 😅
I see wild turkeys out in big cypress all the time they are actually very friendly towards human and they let you get close to them without scaring them
Wild turkeys are native..and tasty.
There is a neighborhood in West Houston that has had free roaming peacocks for several decades. Their population seems to be stable. It is part of that neighborhood’s atmosphere. There are likely enough wild coyotes to keep the population stable?
Maybe, someone could make a Peacock recipe cookbook.
Its called 350 degree oven and baste every 20 minutes with butter
@@Batmandabomb works with every animal if you use enough butter 😂
@@rafael_lana works with humans too
How do you mark the males that have been fixed so you don’t catch them again
Maybe tracking devices?
Why are they not eating the peacocks? It’s Florida eat the bird.
Is Florida the new Australia?
The climate here is a hotbed for a biodome.
I love their sounds ! exotic and wild !!!!
Peacock meat taste like chicken.. just cook and eat... like Turkey or chicken
Are they good to eat??
They probably taste like chicken.
yes
Our town in NM has feral peacocks, but it also has coyotes and bobcats, so the population can't explode.
Can do that for illegal migrants ?
If only!!
Peacocks are beautiful animals but they are extremely loud and messy. Great for a park probably not a housing track.
Send me a couple! ❤️
Who wants peafowl for dinner?
Leave those birds alone. In the neighborhood I live, during fall and winter every year we get thousands of crows making their home in the trees on my block. They start quacking their voices around 5am and it is the most relaxing sound to wake up to and to go back to sleep during those cold mornings before I get out of bed a couple hours later to get ready to go to work. I consider them a blessing. Nature is beautiful.
Peafowl are not native to FL/North America. Crows are a native species here in the US and no one is trying to control their population. There's no comparison. Florida has wonderful biodiversity that's being destroyed and overrun by nonnative animals people released when they got tired of having them as pets. This kind of population control is far kinder than what some other birds not native to FL are suffering. Nature is beautiful, but not every animal you will see outside is adapted to the environment.
Invasive species threaten and often outcompete native species when they’re able to establish communities. Nature is beautiful but establishing and protecting ecological balance within an ecosystem is paramount. Most people also only have this sentiment when the animal is aesthetically pleasing. Do you have this same sentiment about fire ants? Brown stink bugs? Or East Asian giant hornets? All are also invasive, and need to be controlled. European sterlings are another unfortunate example where an invasive species of bird was encouraged to proliferate to the point where unfortunately many American songbirds are now under threat or have been declared extinct. Again, I’m all for environmental conservation and protection of animals, but I think the government and independent orgs should approach this issue with the prioritization of the established ecosystem in mind.
Oh, I love the feathers! Pretty decorations.
This is routinely done in cat populations. It works because they are territorial and will not leave. If we learn about them, they are interested enough to learn about us and we can both learn to peacefully co-exist. I would embrace or leave town.
Usually tnr/neutering is done. Tvhr (vastecomy/hysto) is more unusual at least in United states but has advantages -- retaining the hormones means they'll more likely mate with the females. Cats stop ovulating for 9 weeks iirc Aater mating, so they can get a an intact ovulating female cat to stop ovulating and scare off intact males It also likely has other advantages over neutering. There's a lack of studies in some of the issues being linked to hormone deprivation in medical studies (brain health and function stuff, serotonin production). A fee studies that do exist on behavior and health fail to account for socieocomic factors (particularly bad issue in dog studies) -- intact animals tend to be in lower income households which have multi factor higher risks (owner likely home less, more likely rural, etc.) Spaying tho does increase female cat lifespan. But increasing lifespan isn't too relevant to street cats that won't tend to live long enough for that to matter. And removing hormones makes them better behaved for humans ... But there's those issues being connected to hormone deprivation. Complicated
I agree it's really annoying to have to pay monthly subscription for Peacock.
Put it on the menu The Brits will pay for peacock sausages
The who? What’s a Brit?
@@jdos5643 it's a white person from England
What a stupid waste of time and money. If this town was overrun with rats would they sterilize and release them?
People suggesting them to eat are monsters. How the heck can you eat such a beautiful bird.
i've heard they taste like chicken. Problem solved!
Common sense solutions aren’t allowed anymore, unfortunately.
They kind of are chickens. They're in the same family as chickens, turkeys, quail, pheasants, all those chicken-like birds. Very tasty group of animals.
Thanksgiving day Peacock.
Pinellas county in Florida is known for Peacocks in many area's. Dunedin had a lot in the 1990's, now there in Clearwater and south.
"...a UNIQUE solution..."? It's unique alright...uniquely stupid, time-consuming and expensive.
Peacock are national bird of India. And in the Dharma tradition they are revered. The extent to which respective national bird get protection, seems every nation must change their national bird every 5 yrs so that more bird spices are protected. And yes am not offended by the efforts of this town, this is the most humane way. My parents are small farmer in India and I know first hand how difficult peafowls are.
Rather than that, why doesn't the city just sell the peacocks I capture and recoup some of the funds spent on this whole operation
It’s all the non Floridians who don’t understand how Florida works lol
Peacock isn't the nuisance; humans is.
You have never had four of them screaming late at night...SCREAMING in your back yard bending your fence....
when peacock migrate in groups to a new place or explode in numbers are normally considered as a sign that the place gonna hits great drought.
I think a better solution would be to start publishing peacock recipes.
I understand people’s anger at the sterilization campaign because these wild peacocks in the middle of Florida are very pretty but first off, they’re not being gunned down, this is the best solution for damage control; and second, too many peacocks will threaten the local fauna. Sterilized peacocks will be enjoyed by people who like to look at them for many years after the fact. Being cute doesn’t give you a pass to being an invasive species 😂
Noise? I would love to hear them in mornings.
Don't vasectomy them.That's just not right. Simply relocate the peacocks or simply educate themselves and learn to live with them. These magnificent birds are not nuisances. They should be treating them as neighborhood mascots. If I lived there I'd forego my television and just watch them every day.
Huge nuisance down here! Very loud and messy!
In other words, to many northerners are moving to the south, taking up the land that was once nature, and they are unhappy with what they see (i.e. what was already there). Also, Michelle looks like Superwoman in that neon blue dress.
Exactly
They are not native to the Americas. They are from South Asia.
They aren't native to Florida! They aren't even native in the US.
What are you talking about? Peacocks aren't native to Florida, they are an invasive species. Pretty sure it was southerners who caused the problem.
@@aryaastark9201 actually it was rich outsiders
Only a problem to folks not from Florida.
Florida doesn’t have a peacock’s 🦚 nuisance. It has a human beings nuisance.
We have the same problem in Indian Beach which is in N Sarasota near the museum
Lordy those things are ALL OVER my dad’s neighborhood in Naples…. There’s even an albino male. Absolutely stunning..
If that doesn't work....I hear they taste like chicken
Oh my word true story, wife and I doing a walk through of a house, now walking the exterior and boom these were all around doing a mating call!! Believe me it's loud!! Hahaha next!
Says Peacocks "The real nuissance is humans, prove us wrong"
Convince rich people to eat peacocks in fancy restaurants with a full feather fan behind the roast bird and the neck and head positioned like a nice hood ornament. Then the peacocks become a valuable asset and commodity.
Just import some Cajuns and tell them that peacocks are out of season!
They are very loud birds.
KRRAAAAA!!!!!!!!!
Ok but their sound is beautiful don’t be like Karens.
There's even louder and more annoying humans. Maybe these birds can be a check against them
@@jdos5643 You never heard one, I believe.
@@centurione6489 yes I have heard them
Wow! In India where these peacocks actually belong we save them with everything possible. My neighbourhood is full of them in a City while other parts of city either doesn't have them mostly or very few of them have their presence so we boast their presence as a proud thing rather considering them as pests . Let them live they are most beautiful creatures, easy solution is to shift them to other parts or in the nearby jungles or woods easy.
This doesn't get rid of the birds quick enough. They leave large poop also. Can they be eaten?
In India, they were an Emperers feast bird. Like Turkey in North America.
Anything of color out of Florida
Hello racist, what else are you going to make about race today?
This race of peacocks would tend to agree.
Jeff Goldblum covered this in 1993. Life. . . Finds a way.
Peacocks in the US..? 😮.... but how.?
What are you doing to the bird. That's not very animal rights there 🤨
Leave them alone
Now I've seen everything. This was a good scoop.
What they did at the hospital in Deland, FL, was remove the females.
"Dr. Peacock Blocker" to the rescue!
I say leave them alone too! ❤
How much does this cost? What do they taste like? There are a lot of hungry people.
The only thing that’ll happen is future bird populations will then just plummet.
What the hell is wrong with humans. Peacocks are wonderful and I live near an area that has a bunch of them.
Just sell them. Peacocks and Peahens are expensive.
Catch & cook and get some cool feathers...😃👍
An oven preheated to 350 degrees works well!!! 🤣
That’s right…It’s your peacocking problem 🤣🤣🥰…leave them birds alone
The species are actually called peafowl. Males are peacocks. Females are peahens.
Peacocks have a lifespan of 15+ years. There's that too. 😕
Ok what’s wrong with that? Peacocks are beautiful birds
There are wild ones in southern oregon too, that have escaped owners
how economical is that...ha ha...dinosaur stew...?...
I keep seeing people saying they're in their state as well,not just florida. Once an animal comes and thrives for years and years at what point are they no longer invasive?? The Europeans etc were a non-natuve species who upon arrival damaged the existing ecosystem and killed off other species of humans. They were considered native to this continent though after not to many years, they adapted and this was their home. I dont find animals & humans to be different, the pattern is exactly the same.
I hear they taste like skittles 😋
there’s a lot of peacocks in carson california too
How about a voice-ectomy..., while the bird is stillout and in your care?
Great idea .