Pete the peacock, adored by Las Vegas neighborhood, fatally shot by bow and arrow [View all]
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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