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Article Courtesy of ABC
Channel 20 News
Published August 23, 2019
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WEST PALM BEACH - Summertime is perfect for enjoying the pool, which is
especially true for homeowners lucky enough to have one on their property.
However, a Florida family has been held hostage by a flock of uninvited guests.
“It's a disaster.
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It's a laughable
disaster. You can't make this up. That's why it's
laughable,” said homeowner Anthony Casimano. His backyard
and pool area have been overrun by vultures.
“They ripped all the screens out, like you see right now.
They throw up, they pooped all over the place. They ripped
out a pool fence," he said.
Casimano said that was the first time he spent $3,000
repairing everything. Then he got an alert on his phone from
his security system.
“There’s motion in the yard so I check it
out, and there must have been a hundred of them there,” he
said.
Security video taken over the course of several hours shows
vultures everywhere. |
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A neighborhood in Florida is overrun with vultures.
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Casimano says the vultures have forced him and his family to leave their own
home and go to New York.
“I have a two-year-old daughter that I can't bring down there while the
situation's happening. They'll probably attack her,” Casimano said.
It’s not just the Casimano. Their neighbor has the same problem.
The president of the Ibis Property Owners Association, Gordon Holness, says
they're doing everything they can to keep the vultures away.
He says the problem is one homeowner keeps feeding the vultures.
Holness says they've given her a citation and a fine, and even delivered a
legal cease and desist letter, but nothing has worked yet.
Casimano has tried to do things himself like placing balloons around the
area and playing music all day long - anything to keep the vultures away.
Some days it works, but others, it doesn't.
“We have to get the situation taken care of before we come back down there.
I’m not going to come down there and walk into a mess,” he said.
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