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Cops: Students Killed Rare Bird at Vegas Casino

Pair allegedly laughed about beheading bird

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 15, 2012 2:56 AM CDT

(Newser) – What happens in Vegas doesn't stay in Vegas if you do something as stupid as decapitating an exotic bird—inside a casino. Two University of California, Berkeley, law students have been arrested for allegedly killing the helmeted guinea fowl inside the Flamingo Hotel and Casino’s wildlife habitat, which is home to many types of birds, ABC reports.

Police say surveillance video captured the men chasing the bird into some trees Friday morning and then emerging carrying its body and severed head. Witnesses say they saw the pair throwing the bird around and laughing. The men have been charged with conspiracy and willful malicious killing of wildlife, which is a felony in Nevada.

The pair was caught on camera chasing the guineafowl into trees and emerging with its decapitated body.
The pair was caught on camera chasing the guineafowl into trees and emerging with its decapitated body.   (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
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apocalypso
Oct 16, 2012 12:25 PM CDT
So they like killing, since when is that a bad thing in America? Join the Army, kill people, be a hero. These kids are good Americans and they're going to do just fine.
Winston_Smith
Oct 16, 2012 3:59 AM CDT
I don't think they'll be sweeping the streets. Probably the worst scenario for them will be having to take a job in a slaughterhouse, where they'll do this same thing all day and get paid for it.
Tscare333
Oct 16, 2012 3:11 AM CDT
What Monsters,How could someone harm a living being so sadistically... Hope they enjoy prison
 

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