Law students severed head of exotic bird, Las Vegas police say
Eric Cuellar and Justin Teixeira, both 24, were arrested last week.
Cuellar and Teixeira did not speak with officers but did claim to be law students at UC Berkeley and were found with corresponding student identification cards on them, authorities said.
“Arriving officers learned that two males were witnessed throwing the dead bird, discussing the killing of the bird and laughing about it,” according to a news release from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
Authorities said surveillance video shows Cuellar and Teixeira chasing the 14-year-old helmeted guinea fowl into the trees Friday, and that a witness saw them emerging with the guinea fowl’s body and severed head.
“They each face felony charges of conspiracy and willful malicious torture/killing of wildlife,” according to the release.
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Photo: Eric Cuellar, left, and Justin Teixeira. Credit: Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department / KTLA-TV
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