Plus the single SCMP story and picture about this subject:
Bit of a flap over 'tied-up' Lamma peacock
"An animal protection group will visit Lamma Island to check on the whereabouts of a peacock that was seen in the open and reportedly caught by a few men using force.
The bird, sighted by hikers last week, is believed to have escaped from a house on Lamma.
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department both declared the bird healthy when inspectors visited on Thursday, although no information on it could be found.
Later that day, it was caught by four men, according to a news report. One of the men carried the bird, which had its legs tied, while the other three held walkie-talkies and strings, it said.
An SPCA spokeswoman said: "We were told the men were domestic helpers at the house."
It is understood that the house owner keeps a few other peacocks. "The society will visit the house next week to check if the peacock is with them and to see if the other birds are healthy," the SPCA woman said.
A spokeswoman for the department said it was unable to obtain information about the owner of the bird.
She said no licence was required for keeping a peacock, only for importing it. The department had no information on whether such a licence had been obtained for the bird. The police said it had not received any report on a missing peacock.
Peacocks are native to southern Asia. The city has no peacocks naturally in the wild."<HR>
This is probably the exclusive and very secretive private residence beyond the Mo Tat Wan ferry pier, with its own pier, owned by "Storage King" Lam. The peacock which is able to fly short distances had escaped and went uphill, to the top of Ling Kok Shan where it was spotted and photographed by hikers and the Apple Daily photographer.
I've been walking past that residence on a hike last year, up into the remote, almost path-less forests and hills of South-East Lamma. A huge tennis court in the middle of the forest, protected by ferocious dogs barking madly when you get within a hundred metres of the property surrounded by very tall fences. Rumours about an extensive zoo in there - photographed by Apple Daily some years ago - have been circulating, but even the locals don't know much about it.
There was a topic about this in this Chinese forum over 5 years ago, but I can't find it. Anyone help?
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