Police Nab Vicious Crow by Getting It Drunk

[matcom]

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BERLIN (Reuters) - German police apprehended a vicious crow which was attacking passers-by by getting it drunk on bait laced with alcohol, authorities said Monday.

The bird eluded its captors after attacking a woman and a young girl at the weekend until cat food soaked in high-alcohol fruit schnapps proved too tempting to resist.

"The crow was completely smashed," said a spokesman for police in the western city of Dortmund.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=573&e=3&u=/nm/20031014/od_nm/odd_crow_dc

[LittleApple81]

1. Have you noticed all the animal-related news from Germany? n/t

[Kellanved]

3. now that you're mentioning it

US media doesn't seem to pick up German news unless there are animals in it.
And Germans like to think that they're animal-friendly, even including animal-protection in the constitution (IMHO a few other things are more important, like getting children-friendly).

[radwriter0555]

2. That's BRILLIANT. Crows have become a huge problem in Los Angeles

and they're overpopulating badly. Not a bad idea here...

[VeniceBeat]

6. We Had Crows Divebombing Us on Our Roof

Fought back with a gardenhose. They haven't come back yet. (Although our cat always lurks around up there, too.)

[radwriter0555]

7. I had to hose an ever-growing flock of pigeons off the guest house

and back yard tree. They were lurking for the dog food...

3 days of hose attacks got rid of the problem.

[shanti]

11. yes

they've also taken over downtown sacramento. you can see them coming back downtown about 5:30 every night in huge flocks, and they are messy as hell!

[underpants]

4. Did they take it to a ................crowbar?

Oooh ouch :spank:

[Throckmorton]

5. Sure, its all fun and games until someone looses an eye.

We had a flock of blackbird get drunk on some overripe grapes once in the backyard. They could barely fly.

[kodi]

8. nothing better to stop a crow than a little wild turkey

.

[SweetZombieJesus]

10. Thank God someone finally made that joke

I would have also accepted the "Old Crow" variation of that joke.

Jeez people, sometimes the easiest jokes are the best ones.

[Fight_n_back]

9. MAybe the Boston police can do that

to catch the Yankee pitchers.