Man gets jail for killing an ostrich
REDWOOD CITY -- A man has been sentenced to five months in jail and three years of probation for killing an ostrich in San Mateo County.
Timothy McKevitt also must pay $5,000 in restitution for killing Gaylord the ostrich.
Authorities said McKevitt, his friend Jonathan Porter and a few others were drinking on Halloween last year and decided to trespass on a ranch.
The ostrich apparently grew incensed and attacked and injured both men.
McKevitt and Porter returned to the ranch with a rifle and shotgun and killed Gaylord.
Porter has already served a five-month sentence.
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