Pete the peacock, adored by Las Vegas neighborhood, fatally shot by bow and arrow
Source: Associated Press
Pete the peacock, adored by Las Vegas neighborhood, fatally shot by bow and arrow
BY RIO YAMAT
Updated 9:29 PM EDT, August 25, 2023
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A beloved Las Vegas neighborhood peacock named Pete was killed with a hunter’s bow and arrow, and authorities are trying to find who was behind it.
Animal Protection Services officers are investigating the death of the peacock, which belonged to a resident in a small gated neighborhood but had come to be accepted as the neighborhood pet throughout the years.
Felicity Carter, a neighbor, said she found the bird Monday against a fence with an arrow sticking out of him. She wrapped Pete in a blanket and, with the help of other neighbors, took him to a veterinarian who specializes in exotic pets.
She said the staff rushed to treat him, even looking into getting a blood transfusion from another peacock. But they found Pete had actually been shot twice.
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If he just shot him with a gun, and he'd get caught.
My Grandmother kept a male peacock, and yes--they can be quite loud. But I think its a cool sound, and I don't remember her's ever sounding off except early morning. I'd lay in bed and listen to the peacock, the bobwhites, and the mourning doves, while the scent of the towering South Carolina pines wafted in the open window. Its a great memory.
I truly hate some people....
