When Roosters Attack!
A man who alleges he was attacked by a rooster at a southwest suburban animal center has filed a lawsuit seeking more than $50,000 for injuries he says were caused when the territorial chicken repeatedly pecked his right leg.
Mark Lovett says he was putting up a fence at the Big Run Wolf Ranch in Lockport two years ago when the fearless fowl struck, causing him “great pain and anguish, both in mind and body,” according to the lawsuit filed in Will County Circuit Court this week.
The lawsuit did not detail what injuries were allegedly caused by the bird, which Lovett says was “not provoked” before plunging its curved beak into his leg. Calls to Lovett’s attorney and the ranch were not returned.
Personal-injury lawsuits involving angry birds are unusual but not unheard of. A woman filed a similar lawsuit in Massachusetts in 2007 alleging a rooster had attacked her when she tried to buy some eggs from a roadside stand.
Roosters, long prized for an aggressiveness celebrated in B-movies like “Rooster: Spurs of Death!” typically attack with their claws, beak and the spurs on their legs.
There are several reports of people being killed by roosters — the most recent a cockfighting accident in January that left a California man dead after he was cut by a fighting rooster’s metal spur.
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ROTFLMAO!
That rooster is adorable! I love his surly expression. I can’t believe I have not yet seen “Spurs of Death”!
We had a white-faced black Spanish rooster who was the size of a three year old kid, and had quite a loathing for children. Magellan used to lay in my lap and sleep with his head extended over my legs. Any kid coming in the yard had better run for its life or risk getting flogged. We gave him away, but eventually he terrorized everyone- adults and kids alike- at his new home.
I had a similar experience about 100 years ago Tom. I was responding to a disturbance call out in the country when I was set upon by the “guard rooster.” There is no funnier sight than a man in uniform running down the street being pursued by an angry rooster who thought he was a German shepherd.
lol What a sight! 🙂
Anybody who grew up on a farm probably had a rooster who wanted to do harm to them and I sure did and was scared shitless by this animal who could run like the wind. He was finally eaten and the reign of terror was over. I remember this like it was yesterday.
The bird in the picture is not a friendly one!