GET YOUR HAND OFF MY PENIS

there is probably a law about them being gamebirds or something.

In my state it is illegal to kill a turkey, outside of designated hunting season w/ license in designated hunting areas.

So if you go to the state park with an orange vest with a gun in November, you're good to kill them. But if you say, beat one to death on your lawn in March, you will get written up on charges and probably face fines and jail time. Both cases, cooking and eating is irrelevant.

10/10 reference. Would meme again.

Bird law is not governed by reason

The common peacock, also called Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus), seen in the pic above, is not endangered. Least concern in fact.

The Green peafowl (pavo muticus) is endangered, but I highly doubt the Florida man had/ate that species. Much harder to acquire—I’ve never even seen it at a zoo.

But would a pet affect this? Isn't endangered status about wild animals?

They are quite common livestock all over the world.

And exotic to Florida, so calling them "endangered" is completely meaningless.

Yeah, I feel like every other park I've ever been to has had a peacock...

They are common livestock. People let them roam freely, and they’re dumb as rocks, so they’re always standing in the road.

probably that’s why?

Nope!

He was charged with animal cruelty, probably because of the wacky letter he sent to his neighbor, and that he did it “out of spite.”

thats crazy, i had no idea that would be considered animal cruelty. i grew up on a farm and have only ever seen the head chopped off but out of curioity, how is severing the spinal cord with an axe more inhumane than twisting the neck? logically speaking, the blood draining out has  no effect on cognition, and what if theneck doesnt snap the first time?

Hanging the bird upside down, cutting its neck (specifically, the arteries that are in the neck) and letting it bleed out is standard practice. The blood drains quickly and they die within a few seconds. It sounds horrible if you haven't seen it done but this is how many (most?) farmers do it.

Ah, so standard Halal practice, which is savage animal cruelty with a devoted PR department.

I think of the method this guy used as "The Sarah Palin method" because she once did a news interview while people were killing turkeys in the background that way.

Turkeys used to eat peacocks? Well, I never.