Ontario man charged after flamingo taken from Las Vegas hotel

A Canadian tourist from Ontario is facing animal cruelty charges in Las Vegas after police allege he broke into the Flamingo hotel’s wildlife habitat, chased several flamingos and carried one of the birds back to his room. Officials with Las Vegas Metropolitan police say the incident happened on March 3, shortly after 5 a.m. In documents obtained by CTV News Toronto, police say surveillance footage and videos recovered from the man’s cellphone show a series of encounters with the birds inside the habitat at the Flamingo Hotel and Casino and later in a hotel hallway and room. Officials note the bird suffered injuries after the man attempted to “pop” its wing back into place. As a result, the Canadian tourist, identified by police as Mitchell Grant Fairbarn was arrested on March 3 at about 6 a.m. Court documents list Fairbarn’s residence as Sutherland, Ont., however no such town exists. However, there is a Sunderland, Ont., in Durham Region. Fairbarn is charged with four counts of Willful/Malicious Torture/Maim/Kill an Animal. Subscribe to CP24 to watch more videos: https://www.youtube.com/Cp24TorontoBreakingNews Connect with CP24: For the latest news: https://www.cp24.com/ For the latest videos: https://www.cp24.com/video CP24 Live and Interactive: https://www.cp24.com/now CP24 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CP24 CP24 on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cp24breakingnews CP24 Breakfast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CP24Breakfast --- CP24 is Toronto's #1 source for breaking news. #CP24 #torontonews #canadiannews