Peru scrambles vulture squadron in war against trash

The powers that be in Peruvian capital Lima have scrambled a squadron of ten trained vultures in their war against illegal rubbish dumping. Lima's human inhabitants create 6,000 tonnes of rubbish every day, according to the city's waste management coordinator Javier Hernandez. He told Reuters: "Approximately 96 per cent of …

[Anonymous Coward]

Oops!

There's a suicidal one right at the airport!

[Alistair]

"Negative view of the vulture"

!! And published on the Reg !!

<< Not that *I* have a negative view of vultures, I've been hanging around here for too long >>

[Anonymous Coward]

Turned Vultures into stool pigeons

When i read the title was half expecting to see a flock of autonomous LOHANS blazing a trail over the Peruvian skies!

[lnLog]

drain cleaner

I remember one time when a tanker of hydrochloric / sulphuric (cant remember which) crashed into the river Rimac, and the general consensus was that the river was substantially cleaner after the incident...

[Anonymous Coward]

Vultures loose in Lima!!

I guess the local bar exam has wrapped up?? (/rimshot)

Thank you! I'm here all week!! (Unless my sense of humor attracts a flock of aerial scavengers, drawn by the smell of something rotting.)

[Graham Marsden]

All that...

... and not a mention of Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines?

[Queasy Rider]

there are plans aclaw

Shouldn't that be "There are plans atalon? By the way Reg, birds have feet too.

[dotdavid]

Biting The Hand That Feeds

Them Rubbish

[JJKing]

I wonder if the legal eagles will get involved to feather their nest. (Sorry)