The beloved chook was allegedly snatched from an enclosure and hurled into the alligators pen in front of shocked families.
A man accused of throwing a beloved chicken known as Betty White into an alligator pen while visiting a wildlife park in regionalThe case against Peter William Smith, 57, of Hunterview, in Singleton, was briefly mentioned in Raymond Terrace Local Court today.
Wrench indicated there would be four prosecution witnesses and two defence witnesses. He estimated the hearing would take three hours.Smith allegedly committed an act of aggravated cruelty on the silkie bantam chook between 2.57pm and 3.10 pm on January 2 at the Oakvale Farm and Fauna World at Salt Ash, in the NSW Hunter region.
In a statement after the hen was killed, Oakvale Farm owner Kent Sansom said management and staff had been deeply saddened by Betty White's fate.
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