A beloved Las Vegas neighborhood peacock named Pete was killed with a hunter’s bow and arrow, and authorities are trying to find out who was behind it.
Animal Protection Services officers are investigating the death of the peacock, which belonged to a resident of a small gated community but had come to be accepted as a neighborhood pet over the years.
Felicity Carter, a neighbor, said she found the bird Monday against a fence with an arrow poking out.
She wrapped Pete in a blanket and, with the help of other neighbors, took him to a vet who specialized in exotic pets.
She said staff were quick to treat him, even considering receiving a blood transfusion from another peacock.
But they found out that Pete had actually been shot twice.
“I just don’t understand why anyone would do this,” Carter said. “We all want to know who did this. We want justice for Pete.”
Several neighbors say they are heartbroken.
Pete the peacock, a neighborhood bird that became a bit of a sensation, was shot and killed by a hunter’s bow and arrow in Las Vegas earlier this month.
They loved to feed Pete berries and took comfort in knowing that he was always just around the corner, lounging in someone’s yard or chasing the garbage truck on Tuesday mornings.
Even the homeowners association accepted Pete as a permanent member of the neighborhood.
Carter said Pete will be remembered for his “very distinct personality.”
Pete was often seen admiring his reflection in the chrome accents of parked cars in the neighborhood.
She wrapped Pete in a blanket and, with the help of other neighbors, took him to a vet who specialized in exotic pets.FOX5 Las Vegas/YouTube
She said staff were quick to treat him, even considering receiving a blood transfusion from another peacock.FOX5 Las Vegas/YouTube
The messenger and landscapers also knew Pete and were driving carefully through the neighborhood in case he was on the street.
“He was literally walking down the middle of the street with his arrogance on full display like he owned the joint,” Carter said, laughing.
Carter described it as a happy accident that Pete came to reside in this neighborhood.
Pete’s owner, he said, claims that years ago, the peacock randomly showed up at his doorstep. He decided to keep it.
Soon everyone knew Pete and other residents pitched in to care for him.
“I just don’t understand why anyone would do this,” Carter said. “We all want to know who did this. We want justice for Pete.” FOX5 Las Vegas/YouTube
They loved to feed Pete berries and took comfort in knowing that he was always just around the corner, lounging in someone’s yard or chasing the garbage truck on Tuesday mornings.
Now the neighborhood is too quiet (and less colorful) without it, Carter said.
The neighborhood homeowners association sent out an email asking residents to check their surveillance cameras to see if there was any video that could help catch the killer.
In Las Vegas, cruelty to animals is a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail and a maximum fine of $1,000.
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