The Ryde Hotel employees desperately lack their favorite occupants – the magnificent peacocks known for Faon on the banks bordered by the orchard of the Sacramento river and wander maliciously in the hotel banquet room.
A guest said he saw two men drive a peacock into a cage and load it in a van on Saturday, said hotel director David Nielsen.
A number of heads on Sunday gave an alarming discovery: out of several dozen peacocks that make up the local herd, only four could be found on the hotel field. The Ryde hotel is close to the California delta, near the rural community of Walnut Grove, and has a story that dates back almost 140 years.
Alibaba is one of the absent peaches of the Ryde hotel in the county of Sacramento.
(Rafe Goorwitch)
“This area is known as the heart of the delta and when it happened, it was a bit shocking,” said the event coordinator at the Rafe Goorwitch hotel. “It was a stab in the heart.”
The Sacramento County Sheriff Office investigates the case of missing peacocks. He hopes to find the officials and bring the birds back to the house.
“It is unique in the sense that we have never had a peacock caper,” said the SGT. Amar Gandhi told Times. “It is the subject of an investigation by our office of real estate crimes and it is a crime based on the amount in dollars.”
Gandhi said that the estimated value of a male peacock – known for its fabulous iridescent tail feathers – is $ 2,000, while a female peacock is estimated at around $ 1,000.
Nielsen said he was concerned that peacocks could have been stolen to be used in rooster fights. “It disturbs me strongly and is really difficult to speak,” he said, warming up.
Officials at the Ryde hotel, who regularly feed 15 peacocks, say that only four were presented on the hotel’s field. They fear that the others have been stolen.
(Rafe Goorwitch)
Gandhi said that peacocks are generally not used for fighting, but that there are real reason to worry about their well-being.
“They could be used for the black market Exotic animal trade Or sometimes even for peacock meat, “he said.
The original Ryde hotel was built in 1886 and located a few meters south of the current structure, according to the Elk Grove Historical Society. The current property of four Art Deco stores was built in 1926 at the height of the ban and was known for the flamboyant speakeasy in its basement.
A new owner bought the property 14 years ago and brought a peacock with him and Peahen, said Nielsen. Since then, several generations of peacocks have appreciated the hospitality of the hotel.
About 40 peacocks are now living in the region and 15 come to the hotel for food daily, Goorwitch said. The staff took a few days to realize how the population has shrunk.
“They don’t like smoke and we had a fire recently here, so I really didn’t expect the Hardcore group of 15 to present itself,” said Goorwitch. “I was not looking for them as long as this man said that someone had stolen at least one.”
A male peacock called Alibaba shows his feathers at the Ryde hotel in the County of Sacramento. Such a bird can bring in $ 2,000, says a sheriff spokesperson.
(Rafe Goorwitch)
Of the four remaining peacocks, several tail feathers were missed, indicating that someone may have tried to tear it away, said Nielsen. The hotel has installed more cameras on the property to help protect the remaining birds.
“Catching a peacock is not an easy task; it’s like catching a chicken,” said Nielsen. “It is very unusual that so many have been seized without any agitation.”
Because the region is so rural, the sheriff’s office does not have many security cameras or license plates that detectives can count, Gandhi said. Nevertheless, the ministry hopes that he will be able to use witness accounts and “a good work of old-fashioned detective” to find the birds, he said.
Goorwitch in particular cries the absence of his favorite peacock, Alibaba, who had a fabulous fan of tail feathers and was not afraid to display them.
“I know it’s just birds,” he said, “but Alibaba was really something special.”
