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to be cross with friends son who has hacked up dead pidgeon

110 replies

FoJo · 27/06/2009 20:30

We live in a lovely street with lots of children aged 5 - 11. Earlier in the afternoon we spotted a dead pidgeon in the gutter opposite, not mauled, just lying there. DH said he'd move it 'later' and put it in bin but he forgot. Later on I was looking out of the window and saw 2 10 year old boys who live in street by it. One videoing on his phone while the other hacked it up with a stick, there are now feathers and gunk all over. I should have told him to stop straight away but for some reason didnt. I eventually opened the door and asked if he was going to clear it up and needless to say he went a bit pink and said it had already been like that (it hadnt!) He;s a really nice boy but Its now really bugging me and dh that this horrible mess is opposite our house. Do we snitch on him to his parents (our friends) or just bite the bullet and clear it up ourselves? I can understand the morbid curiosity that made him do it, just annoyed at the aftermath being left in the street!

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cornsilk · 27/06/2009 20:31

That's just the kind of thing my brothers would have done. Yuck.

LupusinaLlamasuit · 27/06/2009 20:33

Well. It was already dead so perhaps it was curiosity. But I would be worried about 10 yo kids doing that. Damaging live animals etc is a good guide to violence later in life so a bit ambiguous in this case.... I'd maybe speak to the boy and tell him you were disturbed by him doing it and you want him to talk to his parentsabout it.

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FoJo · 27/06/2009 20:46

I understand what you;re saying Lupus, and agree but in this case I do think it was genuin e curiousity. Do we clear it up ourselves to keep the peace?

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cornsilk · 27/06/2009 20:47

No - tell his parents. They can sort it out.

pocketmonster · 27/06/2009 20:59

I agree with Cornsilk - tell his parents and hopefully they'll make him clear it up. Bit uncomfortable with them filming it with phone tho - can understand the curiosity (kind of!) but filming it seems a bit sick - but maybe thats cos I only have girls!

junglist1 · 27/06/2009 21:05

Oh my God! There's no guarantee he won't start on live animals next. I have boys and they're quite rough but dead animals really upset them, because they think the animal might have suffered. Does this boy have pets.

Kimi · 27/06/2009 21:21

2 words Ted Bundy

modrin · 27/06/2009 21:22

oh for gods sake its gross but thats what some boys are like does not mean they are going to become mass murderers hand him a shovel and say clean that up you horrible boy( i dont like the filming bit thought tbh)

TheCrackFox · 27/06/2009 21:26

What Modrin said.

Servalan · 27/06/2009 21:26

What modrin said.

Servalan · 27/06/2009 21:27

(crossed posts there TheCrackFox )

SoupDragon · 27/06/2009 21:27

It was dead FFS.

bronze · 27/06/2009 21:29

If you know him and think it was curiosity it probably was.
Look forward 20 years time and you may find him a top surgeon

SoupDragon · 27/06/2009 21:29

Some people take a dead chicken, rip its feathers out, chop its head off, pull out its innards and shove sage and onion up its arse.

2shoes · 27/06/2009 21:29

yabu
he was doing what boys have always done(and some girls) at least the bird was already dead

southeastastra · 27/06/2009 21:32

something will gobble it up during the night

Yurtgirl · 27/06/2009 21:33

I agree with soupdragon - meateaters eat animals that have been simarly treated all the time!

Clear it up yourselves if it bothers you or ignore it and wait for a fox to deal with it

Dont snitch

macwoozy · 27/06/2009 21:33

It's no big deal, he's just being a boy!

junglist1 · 27/06/2009 21:34

What Junglist said

bronze · 27/06/2009 22:15

junglist?

NotAnotherNewNappy · 27/06/2009 22:57

Oh but the smell of a dead pigeon, surely there's nothing worse? Screams psychopath in training to me. Ring his mum, tell her you're worried he may have caught some horrible disease from it so thought you should let her know.

NotAnotherNewNappy · 27/06/2009 22:57

Oh but the smell of a dead pigeon, surely there's nothing worse? Screams psychopath in training to me. Ring his mum, tell her you're worried he may have caught some horrible disease from it so thought you should let her know.

MeAndMyMonkey · 27/06/2009 23:02

utterly disgusting

Nancy66 · 27/06/2009 23:04

So what?
Pigeons are horrible things, flying rats and they're just a couple of boys being boys.

Absolutely no big deal at all.

LupusinaLlamasuit · 27/06/2009 23:05

Oh boys will be boys.

If ever there was a dodgy justification for random violence, that is it.

I do hope my 3 DSs will never find it fun and interesting enough to film the hacking up of a poor creature.