An agent of unmitigated chaos. Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images
Congrats to the feral peafowl of Southern California, who have laid siege to Los Angeles County and have zero plans to leave anytime soon. Deal with it, the peafowl seem to scream at the rising sun each morning! Humans, who brought the peacocks to the area to begin with, will simply have to lie in the bed they made awake, for hours, as the birds are very loud.
“They wake me up at dawn. They sound like babies being tortured through a microphone, a very large microphone,” Kathleen Tuttle, a resident of East Pasadena, told the Washington
Some admire them. Others, not so much. County officials are asking that people stop feeding the peacocks, which are taking the streets of Los Angeles by storm.
By Bill Galluccio
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Residents of Los Angeles County are getting fed up with the continued presence of wild peacocks that roam their neighborhoods. The birds, which have been living in the area for over 100 years, have been causing property damage and keeping residents up all night with their loud shrieking.
When the birds were first brought to the area in the late 1800s, they were considered a status symbol for wealthy individuals. Farmers also used them to control the pest population and to serve as a burglar alarm because their loud screaming would alert them to any intruders.
By Bill Galluccio
Photo: Getty Images
Residents of Los Angeles County are getting fed up with the continued presence of wild peacocks that roam their neighborhoods. The birds, which have been living in the area for over 100 years, have been causing property damage and keeping residents up all night with their loud shrieking.
When the birds were first brought to the area in the late 1800s, they were considered a status symbol for wealthy individuals. Farmers also used them to control the pest population and to serve as a burglar alarm because their loud screaming would alert them to any intruders.