NVN Thursday: LET PEACOCKS BE PEACOCKS
by George Salamon
"The birds are breeding and running amok in Pinecrest, Fla. The village will test a novel solution to rein them in: peacock vasectomies." —The New York Times, August 9, 2023
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It's not just novel; it's cruel and unusual. but who will take the case for the birds all the way to SCOTUS? The procedure will be done without peacock consent and snip the honesty of their promise to beget by displaying beautiful plumage freely and proudly. Now falsely. The male peacock is a a born polygamist "bona fide" as the vet who'll do the snipping admits, so I say: No consent, no vasectomy, Let Peacocks be Peacocks!
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George Salamon expects Yankee ingenuity, even way down South, could find a better solution for the problem in Pinecrest, Fla.