LAS VEGAS (Gambling911.com) – Jury selection was scheduled to begin Tuesday in the trial of a Canadian tourist accused of stealing a beloved flamingo from the aptly named Flamingo Las Vegas casino on the Strip.
Mitchell Fairbarn, 33, faces four counts of animal cruelty in connection with the March incident involving Peachy.
Fairbarn claims he was drunk when he allegedly removed the flamingo from his natural habitat and forcefully took him back up to his hotel room during the early morning hours of March 3. Surveillance video captured much of the incident…