Raul Returns Home to Bronx Zoo After Overnight Stay Perched in Tree

According to several reports the peacock, nicknamed Raul by local New Yorkers, safely returned home to the Bronx Zoo after spending the night perched in a nearby tree.

Despite being mostly flightless, the bird managed to get some air and a Citizen user shared video of it perched in a tree. Do no approach the wild animal, it already has bitten one person. Go live from a safe distance!

Footage from Pet Detective Gutter Ventura shows an eyewitness account of what ensued after the peacock escaped. The peacock somehow made it into a tree and firefighters are en route to attempt to capture the bird.

Officers at the scene with the victim.

911 dispatchers state the peacock is very vicious.

A 911 caller reported being bitten on his thigh by the peacock.

According to several reports the peacock, nicknamed Raul by local New Yorkers, safely returned home to the Bronx Zoo after spending the night perched in a nearby tree.

Despite being mostly flightless, the bird managed to get some air and a Citizen user shared video of it perched in a tree. Do no approach the wild animal, it already has bitten one person. Go live from a safe distance!

Footage from Pet Detective Gutter Ventura shows an eyewitness account of what ensued after the peacock escaped. The peacock somehow made it into a tree and firefighters are en route to attempt to capture the bird.

Officers at the scene with the victim.

911 dispatchers state the peacock is very vicious.

A 911 caller reported being bitten on his thigh by the peacock.

According to several reports the peacock, nicknamed Raul by local New Yorkers, safely returned home to the Bronx Zoo after spending the night perched in a nearby tree.

Despite being mostly flightless, the bird managed to get some air and a Citizen user shared video of it perched in a tree. Do no approach the wild animal, it already has bitten one person. Go live from a safe distance!

Footage from Pet Detective Gutter Ventura shows an eyewitness account of what ensued after the peacock escaped. The peacock somehow made it into a tree and firefighters are en route to attempt to capture the bird.

Officers at the scene with the victim.

911 dispatchers state the peacock is very vicious.

A 911 caller reported being bitten on his thigh by the peacock.

According to several reports the peacock, nicknamed Raul by local New Yorkers, safely returned home to the Bronx Zoo after spending the night perched in a nearby tree.

Despite being mostly flightless, the bird managed to get some air and a Citizen user shared video of it perched in a tree. Do no approach the wild animal, it already has bitten one person. Go live from a safe distance!

Footage from Pet Detective Gutter Ventura shows an eyewitness account of what ensued after the peacock escaped. The peacock somehow made it into a tree and firefighters are en route to attempt to capture the bird.

Officers at the scene with the victim.

911 dispatchers state the peacock is very vicious.

A 911 caller reported being bitten on his thigh by the peacock.

According to several reports the peacock, nicknamed Raul by local New Yorkers, safely returned home to the Bronx Zoo after spending the night perched in a nearby tree.

Despite being mostly flightless, the bird managed to get some air and a Citizen user shared video of it perched in a tree. Do no approach the wild animal, it already has bitten one person. Go live from a safe distance!

Footage from Pet Detective Gutter Ventura shows an eyewitness account of what ensued after the peacock escaped. The peacock somehow made it into a tree and firefighters are en route to attempt to capture the bird.

Officers at the scene with the victim.

911 dispatchers state the peacock is very vicious.

A 911 caller reported being bitten on his thigh by the peacock.