Fourscore and Seven Blogs Ago

Connecticut. A state known for seafood, the Coast Guard, submarines and vicious chickens.

You read that correctly. There are submarines in Connecticut. And angry birds.

Apparently a henpecked neighbor must have tipped off the local constabulary in regard to Vicious Chickens and a possible safety issue. (These are not related to the Ravenous Lawyers that we once kept. You can read about that here.)

357 of these birds, both hens and roosters, were removed from a home in Harwinton, CT on Friday. There was also evidence of illegal cockfighting, to include spurs and a referee. The referee is believed to be “not vicious” and will be adopted out once he is no longer needed for evidence.

Meanwhile, Animal Control has been overwhelmed to the tune of $3000 in overtime for its employees. The sum grows daily.

"We're struggling because there are so many birds. Many of them are vicious," said Wayne Kasacek, assistant director of the state Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Regulation and Inspection.

(We lamented the same thing when we raised those Lawyers.)

Harwinton’s resident state trooper, Ian Nicholson, will continue his investigation. The property owners, Angel and Norma Nazario, are claiming that they do not own all of the birds.

There are three words in the English language that form a phrase that seems to transcend all racial, economic, gender, and education delineations: “It’s not mine!” Trooper Nicholson will have his work cut out for him (and they had better pay him overtime.)

The birds will, of course, be destroyed. You can’t adopt out vicious chickens. They are not safe around other birds and they have the potential to turn on their owners one day, savaging trouser legs and infants with abandon.

Kentucky Fried Chicken has placed a bid on the birds, and plans to start yet another senseless product line to compliment the already saturated market.



News source: Republican American, Waterbury, CT
Regarding Animal Cruelty: my stance