2023-07-14 13:38:06
This year, the Dourois had the attention drawn by phenomena other than those traditionally expected during this Festival period. Residents have been deploring for several weeks acts of vandalism such as scratched cars, ransacked vegetable gardens but also attacks by walkers whose sole culprit is a very majestic bird: a peacock!
The troublemaker repeatedly attacked cars on the same street. The peacock indeed seems to perceive as an external threat the mirror effect of its own person in the different bodies. The damage it causes obviously arouses the discontent of the inhabitants.
“It was my facade that was touched by this peacock. It wasn’t the bird itself, but the motorist who tried to avoid it and crashed into a car before crashing into my facade. Now she’s completely split in two. I don’t know how I’m going to explain this to my landlord, or if my insurance covers it.“, testifies Nicolas, a resident of Dour.
The issue of costs
Normally, family insurance covers damage caused by animals considered to be pets, barnyard animals or livestock. Animals used in a profession or wild animals are not insured. The peacock in question is ringed and therefore seems to belong to someone. The owner’s insurance, as soon as it is identified, should therefore intervene in the reimbursement of the damage caused by the bird.
But for this, the animal must first be caught. It’s the ASBL “Our friends the animals”in charge of animal welfare in Dour, who was asked to capture the peacock. “Unfortunately, when we went there to seize it, it was no longer in the same place. So here, we are waiting to hear from this peacock and as soon as we know where it is located, we can catch it. “, explains Marcel De Raijmaecker, president of the ASBL.
No more attacks have been reported for several days. In the meantime, the Dourois remain on their guard.
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