Chicken saved from attack in Hoboken park
by Michele Donohue and Craig Garretson/The Jersey JournalSunday August 26, 2007, 11:57 PM
Parents and children playing in Pier A Park in Hoboken came to the rescue when they saw three men attacking a chicken. Witnesses said they saw three men, armed with sticks and a slingshot, hitting the chicken.
"One lady asked why they were beating it, and they said, "because we feel like it," witness Carina Rodriguez said.
Hoboken resident Patricia Torre came to the chicken's aid Saturday when her daughter called her over.
"She said, 'Mom, they're beating up the chicken,'" Torre said.
As more people rushed over to defend the bird, one of the men grabbed it and threw it into a thorn bush. They then ran away.
Eugene Grundnikoff, 25, who wouldn't give his hometown, and Marko Lamela, 17, of West New York, used a broom and towels to pluck the bird from the thorn bushes.
"It was just lucky that I wore jeans," said Lamela, who said he was in the bushes for at least an hour trying to coax the bird out. "It was just luck that we were there."
They eventually got the chicken out and gave it to Torre, who put it in a mesh bag and said she would turn it over to an animal shelter.
No one at the scene Saturday knew where the chicken came from or why the men were attacking it. It appeared to have a few small cuts but no serious injuries.
Police couldn't be reached today to determine if they knew anything about the incident.
― Eisbaer, Monday, 27 August 2007 07:11 (eighteen years ago)