BOSTON – The “escapee” was slow moving and wearing colorful blue and green feathers making him easy to locate by a Boston police officer.
Moreover, once he heard the “siren,” he gave up without a fight.
However, the siren in this case wasn’t what it seemed on Monday morning during a police encounter with a runaway peacock in Roxbury.
“An officer on scene relied on his quick wit to track down a peacock mating call on his cellphone,” reported the Boston Police Department News, “successfully luring the bird into a fenced-in yard where he waited patiently for the arrival of Boston Animal Control.”
The peacock, named Snowbank, had escaped from the Franklin Park Zoo, which is part of Zoo New England and has been closed to the public during the coronavirus pandemic, reported The New York Times. Zoo officials said later on Monday that he was back home and doing well.
