For the birds: Police wrangle peacocks found roaming in parking lot
JONESBORO, Ark. – Two birds of a feather were found flocking together in a parking lot where they didn’t belong.
Two adult peacocks were found in a Jonesboro parking lot.
In a news release, the Jonesboro Police Department said its officers were called to corral some colorful friends after peacocks were found in the parking lot of a medispa. Police said their officers “quacked” the case wide open when they arrived and saw the adult birds walking near the road.
An animal control officer holds one of the two peacocks captured.
The officers jumped into action to prevent the peacocks from wandering into the road, saying that would be both “hawk-ward (and ill-eagle).”
Police were called when the two birds were found in the parking lot of a medispa.
Officers called animal control, which came and removed the animals, which were returned to their owners, KAIT reported.
