More Bird-Guts-By-The-Lake Grossness

In a follow-up to the report of chicken entrails appearing next to the lake in Prospect Park, The Brooklyn Paper is reporting that it appears to be worse than previously indicated.

The death toll includes "Two dead opossums, one blackbird, the duck, one turtle and seven or eight dead fish" according to parkgoer Ed Bahlman. In addition, one of the Prospect Park swans, John Boy, appears to have been made ill - though I'm not sure that anyone with significant veterinary credentials has weighed in to show that the illness is anything more than coincidental to the appearance of chicken guts.

Putting aside the Brooklyn Papers' alarmist tone, I'm not sure there is anything to see here (other than some disgusting piles of guts). The article concludes with a spokesman from the park who notes that “Sick animals are pretty common after the long winter. It is very unlikely that the 60-acre watercourse, which is constantly flowing, is contaminated.”