Man Kills Grey with BB gun

[Lisa B]

Police: Randolph man's parrot annoyed him, so he shot it | dailyrecord.com | Daily Record (http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20090827/COMMUNITIES/90826043/1344/NEWS14/Police%20%20Randolph%20man%20s%20parrot%20annoyed% 20him%20%20so%20he%20shot%20it)


I'm working on a petition to send to the courts.............ya'll care to voice your opinions to the judge who will be handling this?
Lets show them that we will not stand for this type of abuse.

[RXE]

this is terrible!! more of the mindless cruelty of pet owners!!! how can i sign a petition lisa? is it just for american citizens?

[Lisa B]

I'm trying to figure out what is more powerful...that or letters..i am in contact with animal control and the news..I will keep ya updated so you can either sign or send me a letter to print out. Thanks!

[Slyons]

This was in Randolph, NJ, right? Terrible. I would sign a pettition or add comments, etc. Whatever is needed to get the point across. Let us know.

[DynamitePsycho]

That just ticks me off...poor Mickey!

[Lisa B]

yep, NJ...the SOB is lucky I am not minutes away....
I'll be following up tomorrow with whats going on in his case....

[FloorCandy]

So disturbing! I am from NJ, and sometimes I feel like NJ is the best and also worst place for pets. I feel like I have seen some of the best rescues and owners in NJ, but I also see some of the worst abuse cases. I can't even look at NJ CL. When you think of some idiot shooting his bird because it interrupted his Nascar show I feel like it must have happened in a whole nother world, because NJ would never be like that, than I think back to all the terrible ads and pics I have seen...

[Lisa B]

! I am from NJ, ...

where ya at?

[FloorCandy]

I grew up in Woodbridge twp, moved to Edison, and ended up in Metuchen before I moved out of state. Now I am in Maryland.

[Lisa B]

gotchya!:D

[Lisa B]

Wed Sep 9, 2009

The Morris County Prosecutor's Office wants a Randolph man psychologically evaluated before it decides how to handle charges that he killed his family's African grey parrot with three BB-gun shots as it squawked while he watched a NASCAR race.


Dennis Zeglin, 67, was charged with animal cruelty in June after he shot "Mikey'' -- a family pet for 20 years -- because the bird annoyed his television watching on June 7. The charges might be reviewed by a county grand jury, but defense attorney Stephen Fletcher said the prosecutor's office has requested a psychiatric evaluation before it decides whether Zeglin might be appropriate for admission to the county's Pre-Trial Intervention program.

PTI is a probationary program for first-time offenders. If the defendant satisfies a period of probation and other conditions, criminal charges are dismissed and he or she does not have a criminal record.

Fletcher said that Zeglin was intoxicated when he turned a BB gun on the parrot. Zeglin's alarmed wife called police, and he was taken first to Morristown Memorial Hospital and later spent a few days at Summit Oaks.

''He's been in a program for alcohol abuse since this incident and he's working that program diligently,'' Fletcher said.

[Lisa B]

Randolph man indicted on charges of shooting pet parrot with BB gun

By Jim Lockwood/The Star-Ledger

February 02, 2010, 1:40PM

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.RANDOLPH -- A 67-year-old Randolph man accused of shooting and killing his pet parrot because it allegedly annoyed him while he was drunk and watching a NASCAR race on television was indicted today on a charge of animal cruelty.
Dennis Zeglin was charged with killing his 20-year-old pet African gray parrot, Mikey, on June 7 at 4:30 p.m., by shooting the bird three times with a BB gun, court documents stated.

An indictment handed up by a grand jury in Morristown accuses Zeglin of one count of third-degree animal cruelty, a crime punishable by three-to-five years in prison and up to a $15,000 fine.

At the time of the incident, Zeglin’s wife, who was upstairs, came down to find Zeglin still sitting in his chair and the bird dead in its cage, court documents stated. Zeglin cooperated with police and voluntarily turned over his Daisy Powerline Model 93 CO2-cartridge BB gun so it could be destroyed.
After the shooting, Zeglin was treated for alcoholism, his attorney said.