By Bob Walsh
Betty White
NO, it wasn't the actress. She died three years ago. This was a chicken named Betty White. The incident occurred at the Oakvale Farm and Fauna World at Salt Ash in New South Wales, Australia.
The tourist in question, Peter Smith, reached over a wall into an enclosure, snatched up Betty, concealed her under his shirt, walked over and threw her into an alligator pond. She was immediately set upon and eaten.
Several days after the incident, which occurred in January, Smith went to the police station and stated that he was the chicken thrower. He asserted that he had done this in order to feed the alligator which he was worried might be hungry. His lawyer, Bryan Wrench, added that hundreds of millions of chickens are killed every year for one reason or other. The magistrate, Kiralee Petty, was neither mollified nor impressed.
Smith must return in November to face trial on animal cruelty charges. He could face two years in the slammer and a fine of over $20,000.
Betty White was a surrogate mother for various endangered species chicks raised at the animal sanctuary.
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