Long time list members will remember the cat thread from long ago. The
synopsis was (as I recall) that cat owners were complaining that their cats
were resting on their lbcs and discussed various ways to remove them.
Sounds like they need to recruit some new members :)
Jeff
'70B
----- Original Message -----
From: <timfboston@aol.com>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 1:41 PM
Subject: LBC News
> As if owning a LBC wasn't already interesting enough:
>
> February 2, 2006
> WELLINGTON, New Zealand --Organizers of a vintage car rally have hired
karate experts to protect vehicles from marauding native parrots, a media
report said Friday.
> Around 40 members of a local karate club have been enlisted to protect
around 140 classic cars due to visit an alpine village near Mt. Cook on New
Zealand's South Island on Sunday, the New Zealand Press Association
reported.
> The karate experts will protect the cars from Keas, sharp-beaked native
parrots which have been known to damage vehicles in their search for shiny
items, NZPA said.
> Denis Callesen, manager of the nearby Hermitage Hotel, said bird lovers
needn't be concerned that the karate experts would use martial arts moves on
the parrots, which are a protected species. Their job would simply be to
scare the birds away, he said.
> Local wildlife ranger Ray Bellringer said the karate masters were unlikely
to deter the Keas.
> "They will fly around and laugh," he said.
> The best method to prevent Keas from damaging vehicles was to squirt them
with water pistols, he added.
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