Tourist steals flamingo from its home and tortures it in his hotel room
Animal Victory.org
March 26, 2026
Las Vegas, Nevada --- Peachy was 27-years-old.
For nearly three decades, the Chilean flamingo lived safely inside the wildlife habitat at the Flamingo Hotel & Casino
That ended on March 3 when Mitchell Fairbarn, 33, of Ontario, Canada, climbed into the enclosure, chased the birds, injured several of them, and carried Peachy back to his hotel room.
Hotel security was alerted to the situation, and they detained Fairbarn until officers from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police arrived to make an arrest.
Police found blood and feathers in Fairbarn's room, and after reviewing photos and surveillance video footage, they say Peachy was "choked" and "thrown to the ground" repeatedly by the Canadian tourist.
This was not a drunken prank.
This was calculated cruelty against a defenseless animal.
Animal Victory will be watching this case.
We will not let it be quietly plea-bargained down or dismissed as a drunken escapade.
If you agree that Mitchell Fairbarn needs to face the maximum sentence for each and every charge stemming from this egregious incident, please add your name to the petition now.
https://animalvictory.org/petition/sign-he-stole-a-flamingo-from-its-home-and-tortured-it-in-his-hotel-room/
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