Jordan Meadows is for the birds. According to many people in this Camp Verde neighborhood, that’s just fine with them.
The Town of Camp Verde is holding a meeting with the public at 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 24, to discuss an ongoing issue involving guinea fowl.
The birds are native to Africa but have been introduced to places across the globe over the years. One such place is Jordan Meadows, where a number of the birds have been living for around two years.
The birds were an issue for at least one resident in the neighborhood who filed an anonymous complaint. The complaint said that the birds were “very loud” and “laying eggs” all over the place. The issue was investigated and the matter closed, according to an April report from the Camp Verde Marshal’s Office.
The town’s animal control department operates as part of CVMO. The report indicated that one local family had brought some guinea fowls, some had apparently gotten off the property and their numbers had increased around the neighborhood.
The CVMO report indicates that one of the owners of the original guinea fowl worked with the town and its trap-lending program to try to catch some of the birds, but returned the traps later saying that the birds weren’t coming anywhere near the traps.
To read the full story, see the Wednesday, Aug. 12, edition of The Camp Verde Journal.
