Turkey Funeral, Other Animal Intrusions Keep Hingham Police Busy

Hingham Animal Control Officer Leslie Badger has had a busy week so far.

First, on Monday morning, a bat flew into a house on Sanborn Road and a raccoon was seen thrashing about in the middle of the road at Main Street and Towerbrook Road, seemingly hit by a car. It later died.

Then came the turkey funeral.


A caller on Hull Street called the Hingham police just before 2 p.m. Tuesday to report a dead turkey in front of their home. It was causing a road hazard, the caller said, because six other turkeys had surrounded their fallen fowl. 

Badger – the ACO, not the animal – was called to the scene.

Just two hours later, a chicken was back in the parking lot at Hingham Mutual Fire Insurance, where earlier Tuesday morning the same or a similar bird was spotted.

As if that weren't enough animal business for two days, in addition to a couple of lost dogs dealt with by Badger, Notre Dame Academy rang up the police shortly after the first rooster spotting Tuesday to say that a small owl was trapped alive in a soccer net behind the school.

No word on whether any other owls were in attendance.