Beloved Australian chicken with famous name tossed into alligator pen, shocking wildlife park visitors: report

A New South Wales, Australia antheral pleaded blameworthy to a superior complaint aft tossing a beloved and respected chickenhearted named "Betty White" from a wildlife park, into an alligator pen, simply to provender the reptile, according to reports.

Nine News successful New South Wales reported that 58-year-old Peter Smith of Hunterview pleaded blameworthy successful Raymond Terrace Court to a azygous number of aggravated carnal cruelty, which has a maximum punishment of 2 years successful situation and a good of astir $25,000.

Smith’s attorney, Bryan Wrench, said successful tribunal the lawsuit was a "very antithetic matter," adding that his lawsuit simply wanted to provender a chickenhearted to a bare alligator successful the Oakvale Farm and Fauna World astatine Salt Ash, successful New South Wales.

Wrench told Magistrate Kirralee Perry determination was the aged adage, "never grin astatine a crocodile," but successful this case, the alligator was blessed aft eating Betty White.

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A Silkie is seen astatine the National Poultry Show connected November 20, 2016 successful Telford, England. The yearly lawsuit continues to turn with astir 7000 entries this twelvemonth from each astir the world. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Smith’s transgression grounds is non-existent, Wrench said, adding his lawsuit is simply a grandfather, grew up successful the state and "just wanted to provender an alligator."

Perry reportedly told Wrench she was not definite making airy of the concern was appropriate, saying, "These are superior allegations."

The magistrate past said aggravated carnal cruelty successful New South Wales has a maximum punishment of 2 years imprisonment and a good of $24,084.

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Inside a courtroom with gavel successful view.  (iStock)

With specified stiff penalties, Perry reiterated to the lawyer that this was "nothing to marque amusive of, then."

Wrench told the magistrate 750 cardinal chickens are killed each year, making wide helium was not making airy of the situation.

After pleading guilty, the justice adjourned the lawsuit until Nov. 20, erstwhile Smith volition beryllium sentenced.

According to tribunal documents obtained by Nine News, constabulary allege Smith committed the enactment of aggravated carnal cruelty connected "a silkie bantam chook," which is simply a breed of chicken.

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The Silkie (also known arsenic the Silky oregon Chinese silk chicken) is simply a breed of chickenhearted named for its atypically fluffy plumage, which is said to consciousness similar silk and satin.  (Photo by Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

The enactment occurred betwixt 2:57 and 3:10 p.m. connected Jan. 2 astatine Oakvale Farm and Fauna World.

Police responded to reports that the chickenhearted known arsenic "Betty White" was taken from an enclosure and tossed into the alligator pen, shocking families who witnessed the unplanned feeding.

Fox News Digital has reached retired to Oakvale Farm for comment.

Oakvale Farm proprietor Kent Sansom released a connection aft the hen was killed, saying unit and absorption were "deeply saddened" by the decease of Betty White.

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"This is the archetypal clip successful our 43 years that we person had a subordinate of the nationalist (allegedly) prosecute successful specified cruelty successful what is an carnal sanctuary," Sansom said successful the connection obtained by the station. "Betty White was hand-raised astatine the parkland and had played a important relation successful our endangered taxon breeding programme for the bush chromatic curlew and different taxon by providing surrogacy to the chicks.

"Her quiescent quality means she would not hesitate to attack a lawsuit for immoderate carnal pellets, making her an casual people for (an alleged) ruthless perpetrator," Sansom added.