Bizarre: Florida Man Arrested After Killing and Eating His Pet Peacocks
September 29, 2025
Peacock from Indore Zoo” by Mayur Madhwani licensed under CC BY 4.0. Cropped to 16:9
Whenever you read the headline “Florida Man” you are sure to read something you have never heard before.
A Florida man has been arrested after killing two of his pet peacocks and eating them.
Craig Vogt, 61, of Hudson, Florida, was arrested on animal cruelty charges after allegedly killing two of his pet peacocks, which he then cooked and ate.
Vogt reportedly told investigators he killed his pet peacocks after he got angry with his neighbor for feeding them.
A man on Florida’s Gulf coast has been charged with animal cruelty after authorities said he killed, cooked and ate two of his pet peacocks to spite a neighbor.
Vogt is currently being held on a $25,000 bond.
The consumption of exotic animals has seen an uptick in the United States in recent months.
As The Gateway Pundit previously reported U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents seized 52lbs of monkey meat from a traveler from Central Africa in August.
CBP agents stationed at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport stopped a passenger from Gabon a country in Africa after he was carrying an unknown meat he claimed was antelope but agents later discovered it was monkey meat.
The man was not arrested but instead was given a $300 fine.
