Suspected illegal immigrants kill bald eagle, intending to eat it; federal officials' 'silence' frustrates sheriff



Two Honduran nationals cited for killing a bald eagle on private property in Nebraska were intending to eat it, Nebraska's Stanton County Sheriff's Office and other outlets reported.

"I’m very frustrated with the federal government," Stanton County Sheriff Mike Unger told the Washington Free Beacon. Unger's attempts to connect with authorities who could jail the men under federal laws have gone unanswered.

Ramiro Hernandez-Tziquin and Domingo Zetino-Hernandez, both age 20, "had shot and killed the protected national bird ... and stated they planned on cooking and eating the bird," according to an SCSO press release.

The pair shot the bird with an "assault-style" air rifle, Unger told the Beacon. The office declined to release photos of the creature due to the graphic nature of the images, which "contain lots of blood."

Though the Nebraska officials charged the pair, the charge is a misdemeanor, and they cannot be held in jail until their trial March 28. Until then, they walk free, the Beacon reported. In addition, police officers are not permitted to ask about a suspect's immigration status.

Both were cited for unlawful possession of the eagle. Hernandez-Tziquin was also cited for driving without a license.

"More serious charges are possible as the investigation into the unlawful killing continues," the release also said.

The incident occurred February 28 about 4:00 p.m. The Stanton County Sheriff's office responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle near Wood Duck Recreation Area. The suspicious vehicle was located in a field and the two men had a North American Bald Eagle in their possession.

Officers used a translation app to communicate with the suspects during the apprehension, according to the New York Times. It was unclear whether the men knew killing the bird was illegal. Unger also told the Times it was possible the translation app used the word "vulture" instead of "eagle" during the interaction with deputies.

Nebraska Game and Parks took custody of the eagle and the rifle used to kill it, according to the sheriff's office press release.

Sheriff Unger's attempts to contact federal authorities who could jail the suspects have fallen on deaf ears, the Washington Free Beacon reported. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, whom Unger has repeatedly attempted to contact to no avail, could bring charges that include a punishment of up to a year in prison.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service did not respond to the Times' request for comments nor to the Beacon's.

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Florida man gnawed off head of pet python during violent domestic dispute: Police



A Florida man bit off the head of a pet python during a heated and violent domestic dispute with a woman, according to police.

The Miami-Dade Police Department responded to a report of a domestic dispute at an apartment complex just after 5:20 a.m. on Monday. When police arrived at the apartment, they reportedly could hear a man and a woman yelling at each other. Then the cops allegedly heard the woman scream after they knocked on the front door.

The woman pleaded with the police, "Just kick the door in!"

Police forcibly entered the home and witnessed Kevin Justin Mayorga, 32, fleeing the room. He reportedly attempted to close a door in another room to trap the victim "against her will."

Police officers instructed Mayorga to put his hands up, but he reportedly resisted. An officer used a taser on Mayorga, but the weapon had "no effect" on him, according to the police report.

While officers attempted to restrain Mayorga, he allegedly started punching them. He is said to have punched one of the officers in the eye with a handcuff that was only on one of his wrists. The police officer suffered an abrasion on his face. Police were finally able to restrain Mayorga.

The woman in the residence informed police that Mayorga gnawed off the head of a pet python. The woman claimed that Mayorga grabbed the snake and decapitated the animal. Police allegedly confirmed the snake's decapitation after finding the ball python's body and its severed head near the front door.

Jail records show that Mayorga was charged with one count each of animal cruelty with the intent to kill, false imprisonment, and resisting an officer with violence. The Cutler Bay man was booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center and held on $15,000 bond.

According to Animal Diversity Web, ball pythons are also known as royal pythons. Ball pythons get their name for coiling up into a ball when they are frightened or stressed.

The non-venomous constrictor snakes are native to Central and West Africa. Reptiles Magazine said ball pythons can grow up to six feet in length. The magazine added, "Ball pythons make for a quality pet for the first-time keeper and experienced herpetoculturists alike."

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Chihuahua stabbed multiple times on Chicago street while on walk with teenage girl; 61-year-old woman arrested



A chihuahua was stabbed multiple times on a Chicago street while on a walk with a teenage girl Monday — and a 61-year-old woman was arrested in connection with the attack against the dog.

What are the details?

The 15-year-old girl, the dog's owner, was outside her family's home in the 6600 block of West Irving Park Road on the city's northwest side when a stranger launched the attack, WLS-TV reported.

Police said the suspect stopped to talk to the girl, WFLD-TV reported, but "moments later without warning" the suspect ran toward the dog and stabbed it with a knife. The girl tried to run away with the dog, but the suspect chased them and stabbed the dog several more times, WFLD said, citing court documents.

Image source: WLS-TV video screenshot

The girl managed to fight off the attacker and run, but not before her dog suffered serious, life-threatening wounds, WLS said, adding that the building's security cameras captured the attack.

"For no reason whatsoever, this woman just attacks and starts stabbing her dog," John Garrido of the Garrido Stray Rescue Foundation told WLS. "It's horrific in itself."

The foundation helped raise more than $9,000 in two days to pay for the 12-year-old dog's life-saving surgery, WLS said, adding that Bebe left the animal hospital Wednesday afternoon.

"Everybody focuses in on the evil this one person did, but we have over 250 people who stepped up to help this family," Garrido added to WLS.

Who is the suspect?

Police told WLS Jeannette Olivo was taken into custody shortly after the attack.

Image source: WLS-TV video screenshot, composite

WLS reported Wednesday that Olivo was still behind bars and faces two felony counts of aggravated cruelty to animals and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Sergio Macias, another owner of Bebe, told WLS the suspect "needs to be in jail. She needs to be held accountable. This cannot be happening."

How is Bebe?

Ana Gabriela Jasso, another owner of Bebe, told WLS that Bebe "is doing great. He's eating good. He was even barking with the other dogs, so that's a good sign to them."

Bystanders watch in horror as NYC carriage horse collapses ​​​in extreme heat — then it sadly gets worse



Heartbreaking footage of a carriage horse in New York City collapsing during rush hour traffic in Manhattan on Wednesday has sparked outrage against both the driver and the controversial practice of using horse-drawn carriages on busy city roads.

Bystanders watched in horror as a horse named Ryder collapsed onto the hot pavement and then the driver of the carriage reacted by repeatedly hitting the heat-exhausted animal and shouting, “Get up! Get up! C’mon, get up."

“I saw the horse collapse. He obviously was malnourished, dehydrated, hungry. The guy started whipping his horse and telling him to get back up instead of giving him water,” one witness told the New York Post. “It’s really sad, man. You can tell that horse was not taken care of. You can tell [the driver] was exploiting that horse."


Police officers soon arrived and hosed the horse down in an effort to help lower his body temperature.

\u201chorse in carriage collapses in Midtown Manhattan due to the hot weather \n\nhttps://t.co/JqrwaU8QXt\u201d
— Viral News NY (@Viral News NY) 1660172207

The driver was accused of "kick[ing] up his feet" as he "sat in the shade texting, while police desperately tried saving Ryder the horse."

\u201cAfter beating his horse, carriage driver Ian McKeever kicked up his feet and sat in the shade texting, while police desperately tried saving Ryder the horse after he collapsed on #Manhattan street.\n\nTell @NYCSpeakerAdams to #BanHorseCarriages now: https://t.co/HwMJvOruaQ\u201d
— Voters For Animal Rights (@Voters For Animal Rights) 1660230632

According to News 12 New York, Ryder was able to stand after about 45 minutes and was taken to a "private horse stable to receive proper veterinary care."

\u201cHORSE COLLAPSES IN NYC: Animal advocates, including PETA, are rallying today in #Manhattan after video went viral of a #horse collapsing in Midtown - https://t.co/IUDrjKbJmG\u201d
— News 12 New York (@News 12 New York) 1660227322

New York City Council member Robert Holden used the opportunity to call attention to a bill he introduced last month that would replace horse-drawn carriages with electric carriages.

The Transport Workers Union, however, defended the practice of horse-drawn carriages in the city and claimed Ryder actually suffered from a "neurological disease caused by possum droppings."

\u201c@BobHoldenNYC The diagnosis of the equine veterinarian who examined Ryder is that he has EPM - a neurological disease caused by possum droppings. Please do not jump to conclusions before knowing the facts or talking to the carriage drivers\u2019 union. \n\nhttps://t.co/uiVao4YCAZ\u201d
— Robert Holden (@Robert Holden) 1660171795

Animal control officers forced to euthanize nearly 150 roosters after police disrupt cockfight: Report



Police in California claim to have disrupted a large cockfight over the weekend and that nearly 150 roosters had to be euthanized as a result.

At around 10:30 p.m. local time on Friday, deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff's Office were called about "a loud and large event" at a residence in Jurupa Valley, approximately an hour east of Los Angeles.

When police arrived at the residence, they found nearly 200 people gathered, many of whom quickly dispersed. They also found evidence of an illegal cockfighting ring and 143 birds intended for cockfighting, according to a statement.

"[M]ultiple deceased or severely injured birds" were also discovered, according to a press release.

With so many animals involved in the incident, police requested assistance from the local animal control office. Animal control officials then "gathered and humanely euthanized all of the birds," a process which took about six hours, according to a statement from Riverside County Department of Animal Services.

"The birds must be euthanized," the statement claims, "because Animal Services cannot adopt out such birds as they are valuable and they would almost always end up back in a cockfighting ring.

"They are not suitable as pets," the statement adds.

A man at the scene claimed to own the birds and relinquished them to the custody of police when they were then put down. The man has been cited for "for possession of fighting blades," a misdemeanor charge which carries a sentence of up to a year in jail and a $10,000 fine.

However, the investigation is still ongoing, and the RCDAS is expected to encourage the local district attorney to file felony animal cruelty charges against the unnamed suspect. In California, anyone convicted of felony animal cruelty can face up to three years in jail and a fine of up to $20,000.

Man who shot his dog to death then burned animal on barbecue grill after 'having a rough day' sentenced to prison



A suburban Philadelphia man who last year shot his dog to death then burned the animal on a barbecue grill after "having a rough day" was sentenced to prison Wednesday, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office said.

Nikolay Lukyanchikov of Northampton Township in southeastern Pennsylvania was sentenced to two to four years in state prison, the DA's office said. Lukyanchikov, 50, entered an open guilty plea to counts of receiving stolen property, aggravated cruelty to animals, possessing an instrument of crime, cruelty to animals, and recklessly endangering another person.

Common Pleas Judge Raymond F. McHugh, who issued the sentence, also ordered that Lukyanchikov can never own, possess, or care for any animals of any kind ever again.

What's the background?

Lukyanchikov adopted the greyhound he named Preacher in October 2019 after the dog was rescued earlier that year from a Macau, China, racetrack that animal rights activists called “the worst hellhole for racing greyhounds in the world.”

But just after 7 a.m. on April 30, 2021, Northampton Township police answered a call about a fire pit and couch on fire in a front yard. Officers found a "highly intoxicated" Lukyanchikov — the property owner — sitting on a bench near the fire and throwing fake $100 bills into the flames, which he was squirting with lighter fluid.

Officers also spotted a 9-mm handgun on the bench, which turned out to be a gun that fired blanks.

Once the fire was extinguished, police found an unknown animal badly burned and charred on top of a small metal charcoal grill. The animal was later determined to be Lukyanchikov’s dog, Preacher. A necropsy determined that Preacher was shot at least once.

A roommate told police she heard several shots coming from Lukyanchikov's bedroom, and when she went to the bedroom to investigate, she found that he had shot his dog. The roommate added that she barricaded herself in her room out of fear.

Police saw blood on the stairwell wall leading up to the second floor and more blood on the floor and throughout Lukyanchikov's second-floor bedroom. Police also found several shell casings on the floor, along with several other firearms in plain view in the bedroom.

Officers also found bullet holes in the floor of the bedroom and exit holes in the ceiling of the first-floor living room. After serving a search warrant, police seized a 9-mm Barretta handgun with an extended magazine and five hollow-point rounds.

Anything else?

Deputy District Attorney Robert D. James during Wednesday’s hearing said due to a 2011 involuntary commitment, Lukyanchikov was not allowed to possess a gun.

But Lukyanchikov tried to buy a gun in 2019 from a Bucks County gun store, which declined the sale. He also wrote to the state to have his gun possession rights restored and even asked his roommate to buy him a gun. She refused.

Lukyanchikov eventually stole a 9-mm Barretta from a friend’s widow a week before he used it to kill his dog, James said.

James also told the judge that during an interview, Lukyanchikov said he shot his dog to relieve the animal's misery — but also because Lukyanchikov was “having a rough day.”

Lukyanchikov has been at the Bucks County Jail — unable to post bail — since he was arrested on the day of the fire, PennLive reported.

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Rescue dogs shot dead in Australia by council due to coronavirus restrictions sparks outrage: 'Deranged COVID insanity'



A local government in Australia shot and killed rescue dogs because they feared that COVID-19 would spread if people traveled to the shelter to pick them up. The killing of the animals has ignited outrage, and many commenters believe Australia is suffering from coronavirus "hysteria."

The governing body in the Orana region of New South Wales declared that several rescued dogs at a shelter were a health hazard, so the council had the animals shot to death.

The Bourke Shire Council "killed the dogs to prevent volunteers at a Cobar-based animal shelter from traveling to pick up the animals last week, according to the council's watchdog," the Sydney Morning Herald reported.

According to the NSW Health website, there were no recent coronavirus cases in the town of Cobar, but there were fragments of COVID-19 detected in the area's sewage treatment plant.

A spokesperson for the Office of Local Government, which holds the local government sector in Australia accountable for its actions, said, "OLG has been informed that the council decided to take this course of action to protect its employees and community, including vulnerable Aboriginal populations, from the risk of COVID-19 transmission."

"Councils are also encouraged to continue to work with re-homing organizations and volunteers to care for animals, where that can be undertaken consistent with NSW Health advice," the spokesman said.

A source familiar with the animal shelter said the establishment had safe COVID-19 measures in place to handle the dogs during the pandemic.

Lisa Ryan, the coordinator of regional campaigns for the Animal Liberation human rights organization, demanded an investigation, "We are deeply distressed and completely appalled by this callous dog shooting and we totally reject council's unacceptable justifications that this killing was apparently undertaken as part of a COVID- safe plan."

The Sydney Morning Herald contacted the Bourke Shire Council for comment, but reportedly received no response.

The story from Australia quickly spread on social media, sparking outrage and shock.

  • Independent journalist Glenn Greenwald: "Australia is absolutely consumed by deranged COVID insanity. Now they're shooting and killing rescued dogs to prevent shelter volunteers from leaving their homes to go pick them up and care for them. Many Australians seem grateful to be locked down."
  • Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York: "Australia seems to have gone completely insane over Covid."
  • British broadcaster Piers Morgan: "Sorry, WHAT????!!!"
  • The Heritage Foundation social media manager Lyndsey Fifield: "It would be horrific enough if they'd euthanized them by injection but they SHOT DOGS ARE YOU KIDDING ME."
  • British journalist Neil Clark: "What a terrible place Australia is at the moment. A police-state 'public health' dictatorship."
  • PJ Media writer Stacey Lennox: "This is just deranged. Australia is at peak mass hysteria and their leaders are fully demented at this point."
  • British journalist Krishnan Guru-Murthy: "The extent to which Australia has turned a COVID advantage into massive, bizarre and tragic mess is astonishing : Rescue dogs shot dead by NSW council due to COVID-19 restrictions."
  • We Are Change writer Luke Rudkowski: "Evil knows no bounds when government and police officers get to do whatever they want!"
  • Foundation for Economic Education content manager Hannah Cox: "Australia had lost its ever-loving mind."
  • Journalist Ian Miles Cheong: "Between shooting rescue dogs dead, slamming peacefully protesting elderly women onto the curb, firing into crowds with rubber bullets and tear gas, and putting out arrest warrants for people with COVID who go outside, Australia has absolutely lost the plot. Dystopian hell state."

There were massive protests against COVID-19 lockdowns in several cities across Australia on Saturday. In Melbourne, the protests became violent at times as anti-lockdown protesters clashed with police. Over 200 were arrested, huge fines were levied, and six police officers were hospitalized during the demonstrations.

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