Florida man Jason Defelice is mourning the loss of his pet rooster, and he believes his neighbor is at fault.
Defelice told ActionNewsJax, “I lose them to animals, but I was not expecting to lose them to my neighbor that was like my friend.”
However, the accused neighbor James Nix insists he was merely defending himself.
He says, “I just checked my mail and turn around and go, and I hear, ’Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!’ And I turn around, and there’s a chicken out there in the street. I said, 'Oh boy, here we go.'"
"Turn around, walk to my place — bang, bang, bang, bang, bang — now the chicken's in my yard. Now its neck flares up, so I pick up a stick in the yard, and I try to hit it."
"But the chicken's jumping up at me, and I accidentally knocked in the head, you know? Call it a lucky shot, whatever.”
Kids in the neighborhood told Defelice that Nix had beaten the rooster, so he called animal control.
Nix says, “Next thing you know, he calls the chicken police on me. Chickens die every day, people — at Church's, Popeyes, Kentucky Fried Chicken.”
Nix was arrested for animal cruelty.
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