A 3-year-old girl was previously attacked by a Serangoon Gardens resident’s pet peacock on 28 November, leaving the girl with deep cuts on her face.
The peacock had purportedly attacked the child after charging out of the home as the kid was looking at the bird from outside.
The child’s mother then posted the entire incident onto Facebook, detailing the entire experience as well as the subsequent unsavoury encounter with the resident. (See below for recap)
Update on situation
The mother of the 3-year-old girl, Kris Chan, shared an update to her post on 2 December, revealing that she found others who were allegedly attacked by the same resident’s peacock in the past.
Chan then appealed to the other victims to come forward with their accounts and experiences.
She said in her Facebook update:
“2.12.2021 UPDATE:
Thankful for support
Many many thanks for the tremendous outpouring of support, advice and empathy from so many warm-hearted people out there. We’re extremely grateful and heartened by your support.
To the naysayers and keyboard warriors who’ve been posting their biased unsubstantiated and unfair comments. I just want to say my husband is the most loving and caring father I know and I have 100% trust he did his best and utmost to protect our daughter. When you’re a parent then you can tell me whether you can carry/protect your kid every nanosecond of the time.
The most shocking thing to us that’s come out after our post yesterday is the fact that ours is not an isolated incident and definitely not the first. Several people have come forward to let us know they or people they know have similarly been attacked by the peacock from the same house.
Owners of birds allegedly accepted no blame
One particular case was from AUGUST 2020 where the lady suffered a 1cm laceration on the face and a police report was lodged. She was told to feedback to animal_feedback under AVS and she did but apparently nothing much came out of it at all. The owners similarly accepted no blame and simply gave her some turmeric powder and olive oil to apply and told her to go seek medical help herself. Attached are photos below of her injury/report to animal_feedback and police report with her permission.
So the owner MUST have known that his peacock is aggressive and yet he didn’t implement any safety measures at all. That is truly unbelievable and unimaginable to us. THE BIRD HAS A HISTORY OF ATTACKING STRANGERS, not just kids but also adults, AND THE OWNER CONTINUED TO LET IT ROAM FREE WITH GATE WIDE OPEN.
We encourage victims of similar incidents from the same house to please come forward and contact us.
I’d also like to appeal to anyone who might have CCTV / car cam recordings of the incident to please send them to us. The incident happened at the junction of Tavistock Ave & Huddington Ave at around 5.58pm on 28.11.2021 Sunday.
To date we’ve not received any follow-up calls from either the owners of the peacock or AVS.”
Images source: Kris Chan Facebook