Ducks killed, blood smeared on vehicle Palm Springs, CA (US) Incident Date: Thursday, May 4, 2006 County: Riverside Local Map: available Disposition: Open Suspect(s) Unknown - We need your help!

Case ID: 8668 Classification: Beating Animal: bird (wildlife) View more cases in CA (US) Login to Watch this Case

Police and wildlife officials are investigating a disturbing crime in Palm Springs. They're trying to figure out how two dead ducks found their way onto the hood of a vehicle there.

Palm Springs resident Griff Griffiths came out to his S-U-V on the morning of May 4, the remains of two mallards smeared onto his hood and windshield. Griffiths is a landlord and says he believes the person who did this may have been retaliating for an eviction. Neighbors say the former tenants in question were a couple who had apparently lived in the Skyview Drive neighborhood for years.

Griffiths says he's upset. "Terrible, I mean I see those birds walk across the street here all the time. They go from one swimming pool to another like pets. They're like pets in the neighborhood. There were 3 of them, now there's only one of them."

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CBS2 Palm Springs - May 4, 2006

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