April 27, 2012

Death in the sky

Kate, who’s married to Mark, 35, wants to warn other owners of small dogs about the “death in the sky” threat.

Red kites. Snatching up Pomeranians, sausages — even fully-grown male mallard ducks.

It’s an ignorant and forgetful generation. I’ll wager Kate’s granny could tell her about death from the sky.

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  1. Sheila Ryan on April 27th, 2012 at 9:33 pm

    Lear (to Goneril): Detested kite . . . (King Lear. Act I, Scene 4.)

  2. Sheila Ryan on April 27th, 2012 at 9:37 pm

    Opined Kate, “I think there’s not enough food to go round and these birds are thinking that moving meat is acceptable.”

  3. Michael Grant Smith on April 28th, 2012 at 9:08 am

    Sky-Master Hardbeak! Fetch me another sausage! Away!

  4. Casey Cichowicz on April 28th, 2012 at 12:10 pm

    Please do not move the meat.

  5. Casey Cichowicz on April 28th, 2012 at 12:11 pm

    I bet it would be fun to take a kite to the beach.

  6. Sheila Ryan on April 28th, 2012 at 12:29 pm

    Especially a red kite.

  7. Joel Bernstein on April 28th, 2012 at 8:38 pm

    This whole article is way more entertaining if you pretend they’re talking about the other kind of kite.

  8. walt on May 5th, 2012 at 2:05 pm

    One less Pomeranian in the world would probably be an okay thing. Plus the little bugger probably had it coming.