Florida man killed, cooked and ate two of his pet peacocks, say authorities

"Craig Vogt, 61, was arrested on 23 September on a third-degree felony charge of aggravated animal cruelty, according to an affidavit from the Pasco county sheriff's office, as the Miami Herald reported. The arrested man allegedly told investigators that he had killed the two peacocks because his neighbor kept feeding them. He had written the neighbor a letter telling her that he would continue to kill his pet peacocks if she kept feeding them to prove a point,"

"The man admitted to killing the bird by cutting the bird's neck out of spite, then bleeding it out, and then later eating the bird after cooking it on a frying pan, the affidavit said. While he was being taken to jail, the man told deputies that he would kill all of his pet peacocks upon release to prevent anyone from taking them, the sheriff's office report said."

Craig Vogt, 61, was arrested on 23 September on a third-degree felony charge of aggravated animal cruelty after killing, cooking and eating two of his pet peacocks. He said he killed the birds because a neighbor kept feeding them and wrote the neighbor a letter threatening to continue killing the peacocks if the feeding continued. He admitted cutting a bird's neck, bleeding it out, and later frying and eating it. While being taken to jail he told deputies he would kill all his peacocks upon release to prevent anyone taking them. The fate of remaining peacocks is unknown and no attorney appears on the docket.

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