It’s official: The guinea fowl can stay in Jordan Meadows.
The Camp Verde Town Council voted unanimously at its Sept. 2 meeting that the birds are wild animals and can remain free to live in the neighborhood.
The council chambers were packed to capacity while the matter was heard.
At issue was a number of the birds that originally were brought in by a resident two years ago.
The birds aren’t native to North America but have spread around the world.
Some of the birds got out and today some of them roost in different parts of the area.
Everyone in the neighborhood likes the birds and just all of them signed a petition to that effect.
The future of the birds had been in question when someone anonymously complained about the birds to the Camp Verde Animal Control department earlier in the year, citing noise and egg laying.
An animal control officer investigated the matter in April.
After an effort on the part of one of the original owners of guinea fowl failed to trap any of the birds, the investigation determined the birds should be treated as any other wild birds and the matter was closed.
The issue reared its head again when Camp Verde Town Manager Russ Martin received more concern that the birds were a problem.
To read the full story, see the Wednesday, Sept. 9, edition of The Camp Verde Journal.
