Police seek chicken flingers in Tisdale, Sask.

Last Updated: Thursday, December 18, 2008 | 5:45 PM CT

CBC News

The Mounties are investigating after someone threw live chickens at two businesses in Tisdale, Sask.

It started late Monday evening, when a man entered a 7-Eleven store in the south end of town carrying a chicken.

He threw it at the cooked-chicken display case near the counter and, according to witnesses, yelled, "Chicken is murder."

The man then fled the store and drove away in a red pickup truck. He's described as being tall with curly brown hair. He wore a hoodie pulled up to conceal his face.

A short time later, there was a second incident on the other end of town. A person threw two live chickens in the back door of a Tempo gas station, then fled.

The owner of that store said the chickens were relocated to an area farm.

The chickens in both incidents were not harmed, police said.

Police are calling the incident an apparent animal rights protest.

They're asking anyone with information to give them a call.