Shrieking pet birds in neighbors garden

[jan1ne]

This morning i was woken up at the crack of dawn by a weird screaming sound and on further investigation i noticed that the neighbor had a flock of roughly 7 peacocks strutting around her garden making a loud noise which maybe okay in a kenyan safari park but is totally out of character for a detached house in watford. My cat was nearly attacked in her garden by the gang of birds and has now came in an is refusing to leave the couch.
This afternoon she was seen walking down the street with leads around their necks and everyone had top cross over the other side as people were obviously scared at her menagerie of shrieking birds and what's more is that the birds fouled the pavement on several occasions and she didn't clear the mess up even though she walked back on the same side passing her birds mess.
I never even knew peacocks were allowed as pets so is this legal, do these birds carry any diseases that we the public should be worried about and if this noise continues in the mornings or indeed night or if my cat is attacked who should i call?

[jan1ne]

Trimereseris just how are you meant to control a tamed wild feline unless i lock her up?

[B00]

I'd have thought that your cat will now avoid your neghbours garden, so i genuinely can't see a problem from that angle anymore.

[rowanwitch]

Environmental health dept should be able to advise... noise pollution team initially..

[Postdog]

Just a thought, whether it is council owned or private, covenants may be in force by your local authority prohibiting certain things. I'm really thinking chickens here but this sounds like it may be covered too. Just ring the council (like environmental health because of the noise) and see if there is any way they cover what can and can't be kept.

[jan1ne]

As far as i was concerned cats go anywhere they want to and as i can't follow her over walls, through bushes and so on how would that work?
Anyway the main body of my question is more regarding the legalities and the birds mess and noise, has anyone any experience with large exotic birds and the laws surrounding them as well as what diseases they are likely to carry?

[jan1ne]

Thank you rowanwitch i thought as much.
Postdog all the houses are owned by the residents, im not sure whether owned homes are the councils jurisdiction or is it? Do you have a number?

[rowanwitch]

you will have more luck going down the noise route also RSPCA might be interested in her taking them out on leads as that sounds like a cruelty issue

[woofgang]

Peacocks are no longer exotic, they live and breed in the wild in the Uk. I agree the shrieking is a bit much. I am AMAZED that she is managing to walk them as they are not trainable?????? Do I sense a leg pull here

[buildersmate]

As others have suggested, this is one for your local council. The noise and/or the fouling of a public highway may be something that they are prepared to follow up under the Statutory Nuisance legislation. But local authorities don't have a strong record at prevent dogs' owners form fouling - let alone peacocks.
There is nothing to say one cannot keep peacocks.
It is your problem to keep your cat out of other people's land - provided they are not setting out of deliberately maim your pet, what their own animal's do to other animals' intruding into their land is going to be difficult to pin onto them.

[chrissa1]

How on earth and why, would she want to take 7 peacocks for a walk? RSPCA should be called. Birds are not meant to be walked on leads are they? She sounds mad or at the very least eccentric.

[hc4361]

Peacocks are far more likely to be found in a suburban garden in Watford than in a safari park in Kenya. Peacocks originate from India.
Peacocks can be kept legally as pets.
The owner is no more liable to clean up its poop than you are your cats.

[jan1ne]

Trimereserus, i can clearly see you're not a cat lover. So you think getting a group of wild birds to attack a cat who's domain it was in the first place is okay? Well i never.
Butterfly thank you also, yes this is what i thought and initially i wanted to phone the police but was told not to by my husband. So the envoironmental health and the rspca. Woofgang she was seen by 3 different people walking with the shrieking mob of birds who didn't seem to be too happy being walked this way. I never said once they were trained and i don't know whether they can be or not and to be honest i don't care. The only thing i want is peace and quiet and saftey for my cat.
Many thanks to most of you.