Chicks sent by the ex boyfriend
A group of chicks went through quite an
ordeal in what is believed to be the second
day of their lives, including being sent in the
mail as part of a practical joke.
A note accompanying the baby animals–
which were sent from a man to his ex-
girlfriend–said something to the effect of,
“There are plenty of other chicks out there.”
The Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary posted
on its Facebook page that the chicks are safe
and sound now.
“All the chicks are doing great,” Terry
Cummings the director of the sanctuary, said
in an email. “They are running and playing in
their playpen!”
It is believed the chicks were only a day old
at the time, the Washington Post reports.
The woman said she didn’t want the chicks,
so the delivery person brought the chicks to
the Washington Humane Society.
One of the chicks, whose leg was injured
during the ordeal, stands out from the others
because of its limp, so it is the only one with
a name: Marcie.
Six of the chicks found a home with Peaceful
Fields Sanctuary, while the rest will stay at
Poplar Springs.
The most shocking part of it, the sanctuary
posted, was learning that the prankster did
not break any laws.
“Unbelievably it is legal to ship baby chicks in
the regular mail,” they posted on Facebook.
“And often this results in injuries or death to
the babies.”
A group of 15 chicks are with an animal
sanctuary after a Washington D.C. woman
received them in the mail.
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