Canadian tourist who stole a Las Vegas hotel flamingo after downing '30 to 40 beers' faces four years in prison
A Nevada jury convicted Mitchell Fairbarn, 34, of felony and misdemeanour animal cruelty on Monday after about five hours of deliberation. He snatched Peachy, a 27-year-old Chilean flamingo, from the Flamingo Las Vegas Hotel and Casino habitat at 5am on 3 March. Police found the bird bloodied, with wing injuries and seven or eight feathers missing. He is due to be sentenced on 1 December.
Fairbarn told jurors he grabbed Peachy as a 'silly pranky joke' for a photo.
Peachy's vet says the bird is now more anxious and nervous during checkups.
The Ontario father of three remains under house arrest and cannot return to Canada.
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