Why is a casino on trial?
Why does a casino have a flamingo… ? The fuck is wrong with the US?
Authorities say Fairbarn, who faces two counts of animal cruelty, was drunk at the time of the theft. Now on trial, he told a Nevada court on Friday that he took the bird as a “silly pranky joke” after drinking between 30 and 40 beers.
He denied malicious intent to hurt or kill the flamingo.
Peachy suffered seven to eight missing feathers, broken shafts and blood loss consistent with trauma and needed antibiotics, anti-inflammatories and weeks of pain medicine to recover, the bird’s veterinarian said.
Prosecutors opened the trial last week with surveillance footage, photos and Snapchats showing Fairbarn smiling, laughing and grabbing Peachy by the neck along with his two friends.
The veterinarian said grabbing Peachy by the neck was inappropriate — and could have potentially been fatal.
During his testimony Friday, Fairbarn testified that he grew up on farms, owns dogs and a parrot named Sonny. He said he once rescued an abandoned llama and six ducks.
Then he should know better! Hope Peachy is doing fine now.
Hahahaha kidnapping animals is so funny /s
Oh lmao like a real live Flamingo.
I thought it was talking about a lawn ornament.
“No no no, listen, the ducks at the park are all free. Really.”
Me too! I was like, how is he getting animal endangerment charges? Ohhhhh live! Oh dear.
During his testimony Friday, Fairbarn testified that he grew up on farms, owns dogs and a parrot named Sonny. He said he once rescued an abandoned llama and six ducks.
Grew up in a barn hm
All units, Code Pink… repeat, Code Pink!
Alright, I needed this laugh, thank you
Mitchell Fairbarn says he drank between 30 and 40 beers on the night that he stole a flamingo from a Vegas resort
That seems like it’d get you into potentially life-threatening territory.
EDIT:
Says that 40 beers would be maybe a BAC of about 1.08%.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_alcohol_content
This says that a BAC of 0.4% is “Potentially fatal, may result in a coma or respiratory failure”.
EDIT2: It doesn’t say how long the period was that he drank them over, but going off the BAC calculator above, it wouldn’t make that much difference, as it looks like the decline is linear, and there just couldn’t have been enough hours to dramatically reduce it.
Yeah… you haven’t lived with an alcoholic have you?
Alcohol tolerance can be very high and this dude is clearly not a lightweight.
👆Bingo!
At the very end of my drinking days I was up to a handle (1.75L) or a little more of whiskey every 2 days and was still “functional”.
I knew people when I used to work at a grocery store who would come in when we opened at 7 or 8, grab a 24-case of, say, Natty, and come back at 3 or 4 for another case, and some come back at 11 for ANOTHER.
If you’ve ever been to Vegas, gambling for 24+ hours while drinking isn’t something you’d rule out. Assuming he’s downing light beers and the occasional energy drink.
That is NOT a 155lb man.
Poor man… he just wanted a dance partner for this cool dance from Spain he had heard so much about 💃
