A family from Singö in Roslagen, Sweden, have been told they can do
nothing about a lovesick, aggressive grouse patrolling their property
A lovelorn wood grouse, or capercaillie, behaved so aggressively on
Saturday evening that a family in Singö, on the Stockholm archipelago, were unable to leave their house.
But, after alerting the Swedish police, they were told they were not allowed to deal with the angry bird.
According to Stockholm police spokesman, Albin Näverberg, "It's mating season for capercaillie and capercaillie cocks want to be king of the hill and will gladly fight with people. But it's a crazy situation when you can not go out because of a crazy capercaillie. They can't leave their house as the rooster sees man as an opponent, a challenger of its territory.
"However, we cannot kill a healthy bird", Näverberg continued. "The
police do not shoot crazy birds. The bird will of course move on
eventually. It's just that time of the year when they are mad. In the
spring, they can be quite dangerous and they even often attack vehicles.
They are pretty big and it's not fun to meet a grumpy capercaillie."
According to Stockholm police spokesman, Albin Näverberg, "It's mating season for capercaillie and capercaillie cocks want to be king of the hill and will gladly fight with people. But it's a crazy situation when you can not go out because of a crazy capercaillie. They can't leave their house as the rooster sees man as an opponent, a challenger of its territory.
The consequences of approaching a grumpy capercaillie.
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