A Las Vegas neighborhood peacock named Pete has been killed with a hunter’s bow and arrow, and authorities are trying to find out who was behind it.
Animal Protection Services officials are investigating the death of the peacock, which was owned by a resident in a small gated neighborhood but had been accepted as a neighborhood pet year-round.
Felicity Carter, a neighbor, said she found the bird on Monday in a fence with an arrow sticking out of it.
She wrapped Pete in a blanket and, with the help of another neighbor, took him to a vet who specializes in exotic pets.
He said staff rushed to treat him, even seeking a blood transfusion from another peacock.
But they find Pete had actually been shot twice.
“I just don’t understand why someone would do this,” Carter said. “We all just want to know who did this. We want justice for Pete.”
Some neighbors said they were heartbroken.
Pete the peacock, the neighborhood bird that became a minor sensation was shot and killed by a hunter’s bow and arrow in Las Vegas earlier this month.AP
They love feeding Pete fruit and take comfort in knowing he’s always around the corner, relaxing in someone’s yard or chasing the garbage truck on Tuesday mornings.
Even the homeowners association accepted Pete as a neighborhood fixture.
Carter said Pete will be remembered for his “very distinct personality.”
Pete is often seen admiring his reflection in the chrome detailing of cars parked in the neighborhood.
She wrapped Pete in a blanket and, with the help of another neighbor, took him to a vet who specializes in exotic pets.FOX5 Las Vegas/YouTube
He said staff rushed to treat him, even seeking a blood transfusion from another peacock.FOX5 Las Vegas/YouTube
Mail couriers and landscapers know Pete, too, and will drive carefully through the neighborhood if he’s on the street.
“He would literally walk down the street with his swagger on display like he owned the joint,” Carter said with a laugh.
Carter described it as a happy accident how Pete became a resident of this neighborhood.
Pete’s owner, he said, claimed that a few years ago, the peacock appeared randomly on his doorstep. He decided to keep it.
Soon, everyone recognizes Pete, and other residents come to take care of him.
“I just don’t understand why someone would do this,” Carter said. “We all just want to know who did this. We want justice for Pete.”FOX5 Las Vegas/YouTube
They love feeding Pete fruit and take comfort in knowing he’s always around the corner, relaxing in someone’s yard or chasing the garbage truck on Tuesday mornings.AP
Now the neighborhood is too quiet — and less colorful — without him, Carter said.
The neighborhood homeowners association sent out an email asking residents to check their surveillance cameras for any video footage that could help catch the killer.
In Las Vegas, animal cruelty is a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail and a maximum fine of $1,000.
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