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

[FoJo]

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!

huge big deal, it's time we all stopped collectively apologising for future psycho-killers in the making.
It's just a gross/borderline serial killer thing to do and I would be livid if a child of mine behaved like that.
Ok I may be in a slightly bad mood but ffs that is disgraceful behaviour, end of.

PMSL @ Soupys 21.29 post .

I'm not sure how curious 10yr old boys hacking up and already dead animal means they're going to turn into mass murderers or anything.

Boys (and some girls) often LOVE that sort of stuff and can't wait to see the insides of it.

My own DS1 and 2 (8 and 5) were rather roughly inspecting a large dead moth the other day - ok not quite the same thing - but they had a good tug of his wings seeing how far they stretched out.......and of course one came off

at the comments on this thread!
rofl at kimi's straight to the point "ted bundy".

Honestly, it's normal, normal, normal.
I would say nothing. You'd look pretty stupid to tell tale on this.

I think a bit of respect for a once-living creature is in order TBH. I am not mad keen on my sons pulling the legs off daddy longlegs either and would always stop them.

I have even managed to cope with my fear of spiders to catch them in a glass and put them outside rather than have them get squished unnecessarily.

And I don't think being meat eaters justifies disrespect either.

hacking at a dead animal is depraved behaviour and I for one would be booking a child psychiatrist if it was my child.

they didn't kill the bird - it was already dead.

sorry but at your posts - depraved behaviour and getting a pschiatrist involved!

Reminds me of science lessons and cutting up various dead animals. What a bunch of sickos we were.

I'd be seeking an adult psychiatrist for anybody who thought that two boys being curious about a dead animal was in any way wrong.

So it's OK to hack at and film living things, so long as they're already dead?

I dont understand how you can hack at a living thing when it's dead.

I believe vets do this all the time.

Well call a doctor pronto then Nancy!
I just think it's a bloody disgusting to do, and honestly, saying it's just a boy thing is the most feeble excuse ever. Like it's ok for a boy to be a pscho in waiting?
Disclaimer: I eat meat

ok - it's a kid thing then.
I used to burn ants under a magnifying glass.

How does it make a psycho? Really, interested how this jump is made?

Semantics. Things that were once alive. Would it be OK, for example, for them to do this to your pet?

Or your child?

i think i'm in for my first mumsnet ruck! But I agree with lupus. FFS it's a frigging gross thing to do, I wouldn't allow it from my daughter, why do people think it's acceptable from boys?

It's a pidgeon, not a child. And dead bodies of people are cut up all the time too.
As a teenager I saw lots of dead animals being cut up. Didnt make me a psycho.

Hercules, hyperbole from me, I admit it. And yes Nancy, I get you re the ants thing. But just yuck all round, really.

Personally I'm not fussed whether it's boys or girls who do it.

It is pretty gross but very unlikely that they will turn into Ted Bundy.

Of course it's yuck. So is picking your nose but I'm pretty sure dd has a good go at this and probably eats it too.

They mightn't be psychos, but honestly, if you'd looked out of your window and seen 10 yr old boys cutting up a pigeon and filming it, you'd have to have felt a bit disturbed.