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This peacock, known as Mckinleyville or Mr. P to those who cared for him, was found dead this week after a Craigslist ad called for him to be eliminated. Photo by Melissa Glass via Facebook. So began the ad posted to Craigslist on or craigslist June The unidentified author of the post complained that the animal had been waking him at dawn with its noisy call. A Facebook post managed to capture the image and title from an ad placed on Craigslist that see more since been deleted.
On Wednesday, the peacock was found dead, covered in blood with an apparent gunshot wound in its lower breast. The news of his death spread quickly among the small group of neighbors who had loved and cared for the bird over craigslist past few years. The vibrantly plumed bird kept returning to their property, roosting in nearby trees and coming in close to receive bits of bread. Kelsey Radant and her daughter knew the bird, too. Her craigslist called him Peony. Several park residents had grown very attached to the bird, including one elderly woman who regularly fed him cookies.
Mckinleyville for friendship and dating site useful over to her place and inspected the area, finding a large amount of blood on the roof and more in the yard where he eventually fell. Mike inspected the body and found an entry wound but no exit wound. He suspects it was shot with a. Remembering the Craigslist post, the Glasses checked to see if it was still online.
When you search Google Maps with location services turned on, it automatically places that little blue indicator above your own location. Radant came across the Craigslist post last month while browsing the site, which she does regularly, and when she realized the ad was calling for the death of Mr. P she took screenshots and forwarded a link to her dad. On Thursday she said her dad is now very upset. Do you have a cage for it? The Glasses do have an enclosure of mckinleyville that the bird used, though it lacks a roof.
That was by design. They figured it was safer for Azul to roost in the nearby trees, which he did. The CDFW has no regulations regarding trapping, selling or killing them.
The Glasses also contacted an attorney who told them they could maybe file a civil suit, but it would be limited to monetary damages. Mike said the incident has left neighbors worried about their other pets.
Melissa remains distressed about the whole incident. UPDATE: As noted above, shortly after this post was published we managed to get in touch with the mckinleyville whose house appears to be indicated in the now-deleted Craigslist ad.
His name is Ragen Tilzey. When he called us back he asked us to confirm that the peacock link indeed dead.
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We said yes and asked if that was news to him. We then described the Craigslist ad and told him that neighbors could identify his house in the image. Did he post the ad? We mentioned that neighbors reported having disagreements with him about the peacock in recent months.
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