Town uses reverse 911 system to warn residents about aggressive hawk

[Liberal_in_LA]

Random picture of hawk:

Conn. town warns residents about harmful hawk

Wednesday, March 3, 2010


(03-03) 17:36 PST Stonington, Conn. (AP) --

Authorities say an aggressive red-tailed hawk has attacked at least five people recently in a Connecticut town, including a woman who needed medical care after being cut on the head.

Police in Stonington, a shoreline town bordering Rhode Island, warned residents Wednesday by e-mail and through the town's reverse 911 system to watch out for the large hawk.

Recess and gym classes at a nearby school were held indoors.

Officials say the hawk has snatched a hat off a boy's head, snagged headphones from a man on a lawnmower and even attacked a car. On Tuesday, it gashed a woman's head so deeply that she was checked at a local hospital.

The state Department of Environmental Protection is working with the city to find the bird and determine what to do about its aggressive behavior.


Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/03/03/national/a152720S63.DTL#ixzz0hAW0ld6G

[Robb]

1. I clicked immediately thinking my old home town in backwoods CO was in the news

...This is the kind of story the local paper loved running. :D

[HysteryDiagnosis]

2. This thread is for the birds.... truly. n/t

[Capn Sunshine]

3. I thought this was about Dick Cheney

visiting somewhere.

[Enrique]

4. Stonington apparently doesn't have a lot of problems

most places the citizens would be left at the mercy of the hawk.