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Man Accused of Ripping Head Off Live Duck in Hotel Lobby

ST. PAUL, Minn. — A man was in custody Sunday after police said he ripped the head off a tame duck that lived in a hotel lobby's ornamental pond.

Scott D. Clark, a guest at the Embassy Suites Hotel in St. Paul, cornered the duck early Saturday morning, grabbed the bird and ripped its head from its body while a hotel security guard and others watched, police said.

Clark then turned to onlookers and said: "I'm hungry. I'm gonna eat it," St. Paul police Sgt. John Wuorinen said.

"He was allegedly drunk," Wuorinen said.

Clark, 26, of Denver, was detained by hotel security guards until police came to arrest him.

He remained jailed Sunday on suspicion of felony animal cruelty and was scheduled to appear in court Monday to be charged.

A phone message left for Clark at the jail was not returned Sunday.

If convicted, he could face up to two years in prison and a $5,000 fine, said Tim Shields, general counsel with the Minnesota Federated Humane Societies. Shields said the incident was "unconscionable," and that having live ducks in a hotel lobby puts them at risk of being stepped on or run over by suitcases.

"I think Embassy Suites needs to take another look at this and review how they keep ducks safe, or use fish like most hotels would use," Shields said.
Calls to the Embassy Suites were referred to either the assistant general manager or the general manager, and neither of them were available Sunday.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297763,00.html

 

i cant really say anything because we raise ,kill,and eat our own chickens..but for 5000 it should have been the goose that laid the golden egg..sorry i dont feel for the duck..if i was drunk and hungry....ummm honey roasted duck with almonds..

 

yea but there's a difference with what you do and what this guy did. That duck belonged to the hotel.

 

Not only did it not beling to him.....It was a pet...like a dog is to us, but in Mexico they eat them...this is absurd....
And as sure as I am sitting here, he was NOT going to eat it raw....or with feathers!
So in all reality..I say animal cruelty...no i am not PETA or AR either....so dont go there

 

lol, i agree. if i was smashed and hungry.... well you know. although i would say taking a duck from a hotel lobby is a little unconventional. maybe he should have gone to the local park or something. and what a moron suggesting they shouold have fish instead of a duck.

 

i guess it all falls under proving ownership of the duck..im not saying what he did was right...but i have a little more respect for someone killing something with the intention of eating it..than someone killing it just for fun...now curious if this guy was staying at the hotel?got drunk at the hotel?or if the duck had any vacinations or if in fact could be a hazzard...bird flu?

 

Not cool.

It wasnt his duck and he was drunk in public.
$5000 is ridiculous- he probably needs some mental help more then anything.

I once had a pet duck

RIP Ducky