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Britons Chucking Chickens At Each Other Now

Alex Balk — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 12:00:36 +0000

To Britain, where the thrill of glassing has apparently proved insufficient for today's yobs, leading to a disturbing new form of violence: hennings:

The RSPCA was today searching for two young thugs who filmed themselves throwing a live chicken through a KFC drive-through window – and then put the video online. The film, entitled 'Chicken Shuts Down KFC' shows the window of a restaurant in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, where the two men are seen apparently waiting for a car to pull up. As the car approaches, the window opens and the man is seen hurriedly shoving the chicken through it before darting off towards the road, screaming: 'Chicken!'

The chicken in question apparently experienced a bit of trauma, but should pull through: "Inspector Helen Smith, from the RSPCA, said the bird was not harmed but did suffer some distress.... The RSPCA is now looking for a new home for the hen, which it has named Mrs Sanders."

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Jersey Mayhem: Man Uses Domestic Animal To Commit Domestic Abuse

Dave Bry — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:00:09 +0000

"Hoboken police were dispatched to the 300 block of Marshall Dr., and a 20-year-old Jersey City woman was crying and told police that her boyfriend punched her a few times and hit her with a 'feline cat,' reports said. She said she had pain to her lower back and the back of her head, reports said."
-Wow. I've been surprised at the lack of mayhem in the Garden State lately. I was thinking maybe the rest of state's residents had thrown in the towel 'til Snooki moved to Hollywood for good. But yesterday, in Jersey City, a man was arrested for attacking a woman with a cat. The Jersey Journal report ends with this, "Police did not know the whereabouts or the condition of the cat. The victim did not immediately respond to inquiries about the cat."

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Jersey Mayhem: Villainous Vet Cops To Giving Bird Cold Shoulder

Dave Bry — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:50:16 +0000

You know the old joke about the parrot and the freezer? A considerably less humorous version occurred in New Jersey, where veterinarian Mahmoud Hussein pleaded guilty to animal cruelty after the death of a Conure parrot outside the Howell Veterinary Clinic. As the Asbury Park Press reports, "The bird, named Tickles, was kept in an unheated entryway of the Fort Plains Road office and was found dead after temperatures dipped into the 40s." Hussein was fined $1000 and faces the possibility of his license being revoked.

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