LAS VEGAS (TCN) — A tourist has been charged with animal abuse after allegedly stealing a live flamingo from a casino hotel and taking photos while maiming it in his room.
KLAS reports police were called by staff at the Flamingo hotel with a report that several birds had been injured after someone had broken into the flamingo habitat.
When police reviewed surveillance footage, they saw a person, allegedly 33-year-old Mitchell Fairbarn, entering the habitat at around 5 a.m. on March 3. He allegedly stole a bird named Peachy and injured other birds in the process, police said. Footage then allegedly showed Fairbarn taking the bird to a hotel room, where police later found a bloody feather, according to KLAS…