Calgary police say the
beheading of a chicken in the cafeteria of an art school was part of a project
and was sanctioned by an instructor.
Duty Inspector Cliff O’Brien
says police were called to Alberta College of Art and Design around 12:15 p.m.
Thursday when a student called to report someone was killing a chicken with a
knife.
O’Brien says many students were
shocked, but others were classmates and knew what the student was going to do.
He says police are talking to
the Crown to see if charges are warranted.
The man, who was interviewed by
police but not arrested, could be facing charges of animal cruelty , or causing
a disturbance, police say.
He just decided to slowly slit
its throat while it was wiggling
“He just decided to slowly slit
its throat while it was wiggling, wriggling and screaming and then drained it
out, popped its head off, strung it up, washed it, plucked it,” Breydon
Stangland, a student who saw the performance, told the CBC.
The student then dropped the
chicken into a pot, as if he were going to cook and eat it.
“I did not feel like this was
art at all,” student Charlotte Emmot told the CBC. “I
didn’t understand his
statement. Like, just killing a chicken, you can take aaway life — I didn’t
understand that at all.”
The college released a
statement on its Facebook page that it is working with faculty, students and
staff to “better understand” what happened.
The college says any students
are experiencing shock or grief can contact the school’s counsellor.
With files from Postmedia News