Elusive peacock on the loose in Michigan town is exhausting animal control officers
A single bird is ruffling a Michigan town’s feathers.
A peacock running amok in the Wolverine State has been evading capture for two days — to the exhaustion of animal control officers.
The peculiar peacock was first spotted Monday by a student driving to Valley Lutheran High School in Saginaw County, MLive.com reported.
The teenager managed to wrangle the bird and brought it to school with him in an attempt to try and find the owner — but the slippery peacock escaped into the surrounding Saginaw Township neighborhood.
“He is in a wooded area, and surprisingly agile and fast,” Rachel Horton, director of the Saginaw County Animal Care and Control Center, told the paper.
“He flies pretty gracefully.”
The fowl has eluded capture multiple times in the past two days, including early Tuesday morning.
“[Animal control officers] returned from the adventure with a few scratches and tree-climbing experience that we may need to train on in the future,” Horton said.
Plenty of “helpful citizens” have also tried to help tame the peacock, to no avail.
The chase has influenced animal control officers to up their game and their tool belt.
The Animal Shelter added a $150 throw net — described as “ideal for capturing birds” — to its Amazon wish list.
The identity of the peacock’s owner remains a mystery.