Las Vegas tourist accused of harming flamingo at iconic hotel in drunken encounter caught on video

A Canadian tourist who took a flamingo from its habitat at a popular Las Vegas Strip hotel and carried it through the property was found guilty Monday of animal cruelty after prosecutors argued the bird was injured during the bizarre encounter.The Associated Press reported that Mitchell Fairbarn, of Ontario, Canada, was convicted of felony and misdemeanor animal cruelty charges after jurors deliberated for about five hours.The case stemmed from a March 3 incident at the Flamingo Las Vegas Hotel and Casino, where Fairbarn removed a 27-year-old Chilean flamingo named Peachy from its enclosure and brought the bird to his hotel room.UKRAINIAN INFLUENCERS FILMED THEMSELVES SITTING ON TOP OF SEA TURTLE WHILE IT TRIES TO LAY EGGSSurveillance footage presented during the trial showed Fairbarn holding the flamingo inside an elevator and carrying it through a hotel hallway as the bird squawked.Mitchell Fairbarn faces four felony animal abuse charges after allegedly removing flamingo named Peachy from Las Vegas Strip resort's wildlife habitat.(Las Vegas Metro Police Department)Prosecutors argued Fairbarn deliberately caused the bird pain, pointing to footage of him pulling Peachy by its feet and feathers found on the hotel floor.CALIFORNIA TEEN FACES PRISON AFTER VIRAL VIDEO SHOWS HIM SQUARING UP, REPEATEDLY KICKING SEA LION IN THE FACELas Vegas police were called after hotel security reported the flamingo missing from its enclosure.When authorities found Peachy, the flamingo was missing seven or eight feathers, had blood on its feathers and suffered injuries to its wings.Mitchell Fairbarn allegedly grabbed a flamingo from the Flamingo Las Vegas wildlife habitat at 5 a.m.

and brought the injured bird to his 14th-floor room, police say.(Las Vegas Metro Police Department)VIRAL BUSINESSMAN WHO ALLEGEDLY BRAGGED ABOUT WEALTH CHARGED IN FEDERAL ENDANGERED SPECIES HARASSMENT CASEFairbarn's defense attorney, Josh Tomsheck, acknowledged his client made poor decisions while intoxicat...