Don’t Mess With the Redcoats

Came across this story straight from the motherland. I respect the pageantry and tradition of Wimbledon. Apparently, so do the officials running it. Here’s an excerpt:

LONDON – Wimbledon came under fire from animal activists yesterday for using marksmen to shoot down dive-bombing pigeons.The tennis tournament employs two hawks to scare away pigeons that had become pests because they would swoop down on centre court and distract players in the middle of tense matches.But the hawks failed to keep the pigeons away from the players’ lawn and the open-air media restaurant, so marksmen were called in.

You can read the rest of the story here. I guess if this was a basketball game, such an action might be called a “fowl.” Get it? FOWL! That one’s for free.