Source: SFGate
“A visitor from Canada maliciously harmed a flamingo at an iconic Las Vegas hotel by removing the bird from its enclosure and taking it to his room earlier this year, prosecutors said Monday at the man’s trial. His attorney said it was a drunken act and no harm was intended. Mitchell Fairbarn of Ontario is charged with two counts of felony animal cruelty in Nevada district court. Authorities allege that on March 3, he entered the flamingo habitat at the Flamingo Las Vegas Hotel and Casino and took a bird named Peachy. Video played at the trial showed Fairbarn holding the flamingo in an elevator and carrying it down a hotel hallway. Fairbarn faces up to five years in prison on each count if convicted of felony animal cruelty.” (10/19/26)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/canadian-man-who-took-a-bird-from-las-vegas-22484337.php