Gabi Mann, an eight-year-old girl, made headlines in 2015 when she forged a bond with the local crow population in the Portage Bay neighborhood of Seattle. She fed the birds, and they would bring her “gifts” of beads, paper clips or bits of trash the crows would scavenge. But not everybody was enchanted by the story. Two neighbors filed a lawsuit against the family, claiming the influx of crows was also attracting rats.
The suit demanded $200,000 for damage allegedly done by the birds, and a court order restricting the amount of food the Manns could put out each day. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports that the lawsuit was dismissed with prejudice last month at the request of all the parties. Anna Johnsen, attorney for the neighbors, said the Manns have agreed to pay her clients “a sum of money” and to restrict the bird feedings for eight years.
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