• Kirp123@lemmy.world
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    27 days ago

    Huh, apparently peacocks are endangered. So probably that’s why?

    I honestly thought they were quite common as livestock but I guess I was wrong.

    • mienshao@lemmy.world
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      27 days ago

      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.

      • Fedizen@lemmy.world
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        27 days ago

        Its to discourage people from capturing wild endangered species and raising them as pets. Making something a pet is as good as killing it in the wild.

        However, I don’t think they’re native to florida so I’m not sure it matters.

      • HikingVet@lemmy.ca
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        27 days ago

        If the animal is endangered you still get dinged even of they are you pets. The laws are written as such to prevent this and things like getting an endangered or threatened species as a “pet” and then killing them to taxidermy.

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      27 days ago

      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.”

      • 🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.world
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        27 days ago

        animal cruelty laws are a good thing, but this is bullshit, why are some animals allowed to have rights, while others allowed to be butchered and eaten?

        I’m not vegan, but there should be a consistent framework.

        • CovfefeKills@lemmy.world
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          27 days ago

          Yes the charges are related to the way he slaughter the animals. Because the neighbors were taking photos of the beautiful peacocks this guy decided to brutally kill the peacocks and eat them to spite the neighbor.

          Well that is what I read in a comment somewhere.

        • BillCheddar@lemmy.world
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          27 days ago

          Dude our whole country is governed based on the feelings of right-wing men.

          Every issue, every unsolvable problem, every “why the fuck do we do THAT?!” exists because right-wing men have huge feelings about things and the only cards they can play are either “violence” or “control” (which are usually the same thing.)