KU fraternity investigated for animal cruelty involving turkey [View all]
Lawrence police announced today that they are investigating the Beta Theta Pi fraternity for possible animal cruelty involving a live turkey at a party Friday night.
Witnesses at the fraternity house at 1425 Tennessee St. in Lawrence told The Star they saw several fraternity brothers kick in a cage holding a live turkey. The turkey was rented for the evening and was not scheduled to be slaughtered.
When the men broke the cage, the turkey fled and raced through the dance crowd of about 150 people. It was allegedly chased, thrown like a football and choked by the neck. When the turkey’s wing snapped, and then its leg, the animal began screaming. A drummer playing in the band jumped off the bandstand and begged the college students to let her have the bird.
“They told me it was none of my business,” said Lisa McKenzie, whose blues band, Grand Marquis, was hired to play the house’s formal dinner party. The group has played this same traditional party for several years.
She said the brutality nauseated her and the other band members. They ended their gig before the last set and called police.
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