Longboat Key’s peacock population declining by design

LONGBOAT KEY, Fla. (WWSB) – Before 2016, Longboat Key area was swarming with beautiful bright peacocks.

Residents of the town were torn on whether they were a nuisance or a welcome addition to the agriculture.

If you take a drive on the key today, these birds are few and far between, all of this because of a commission-sponsored act to appease the neighbors and lower the peacock population…

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