The original story came out on the weekend.
This is very sad but true. What were they thinking?
Posted on: Tuesday, August 3, 2004
Apology follows peacock culling
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2004/Aug/03/ln/ln33a.html
By Robbie Dingeman
Advertiser Staff Writer
The director of the Waimea Valley Audubon Center yesterday apologized for the killing of park peacocks by archers last week, a move to control the population of birds that had become a nuisance to people and plants in the park.
Diana King said the park will look for better ways to manage the peacock population. "It was a tragic mistake and it won't be repeated," King told The Advertiser. King said she is calling and e-mailing people who complained to the Audubon Society.
Park's peacocks quelled with bows and arrows
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2004/Jul/31/l...
By Robbie Dingeman
Advertiser Staff Writer
Three archers killed about 10 peacocks last week at Waimea Valley Audubon Center after the birds became a nuisance by pecking at children, destroying native plants and leaving feces in the dining area.
Outraged animal-rights activists and others now want to know why more humane methods of control weren't used.
Diana King, center director for the Waimea Valley Audubon Center, confirmed that conservation manager Lance La Pierre and two volunteers shot the birds one day last week in response to problems with a peafowl population that has grown to "several dozen."
King said the decision was made to "trim" the population, not to eliminate the showy, but non-native, birds.