Security at a Las Vegas Strip casino hotel waited more than two hours for police to arrive and arrest a Canadian tourist who entered its flamingo habitat and bird-napped one of the “beloved” animals, according to 911 recordings. Meanwhile, a judge has ordered the man to remain in Las Vegas until the matter is resolved in court, as reported by 8 News Now. The security guard tells the dispatcher they were notified of a man carrying a flamingo through a 14th-floor hallway. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement Advertisement“He stole one of the flamingo birds,” a resort security supervisor told 911 in a follow-up call at 8 a.m. to ask when police would respond. The injuries, and those to other birds, led to four charges of willful/malicious torture, maiming or killing of a “federally protected migratory species.”The namesake birds wade in the wildlife habitat at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas.

Source: National Post March 11, 2026 20:41 UTC