A man in Australia has pleaded guilty to aggravated animal cruelty after throwing a chicken named Betty White into an alligator pen at a wildlife park. His lawyer argued that he simply wanted to feed the reptile, but the court heard how the chicken was killed and that the incident deeply saddened staff at Oakvale Farm.
A man who tossed a chicken known as Betty White to its death in an alligator pen had simply wanted to feed the reptile, his lawyer has said., pleaded guilty on Tuesday in Raymond Terrace local court to one count of aggravated animal cruelty .He said Smith had simply fed a chicken to a hungry alligator in a wildlife park .
The defence lawyer said Smith had no criminal record, was a grandfather, had grown up in the country and “just wanted to feed an alligator”.“These are serious allegations,” Perry told Wrench. Police had attended the wildlife park after reports the chicken had been snatched from an enclosure and thrown into the alligator pen in front of shocked families.In a statement released after the silkie hen was killed, Kent Sansom, the owner of Oakvale Farm, said management and staff had been deeply saddened by Betty White’s fate.
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