'Chicken In Distress' Call Earns Chicago Cop PETA Award

CHICAGO, IL — PETA has given the Chicago Police Department an award after an officer rescued an abandoned chicken on Chicago's North Side in April. Police received a call about a "chicken in distress" on the side of the road at the intersection of Cleveland and Lincoln Avenues April 21, PETA said. When the officer arrived, he found the chicken with her feet tied together inside a knotted plastic bag, the organization said.

The officer took the bird to the police station overnight but was unsure if she would survive, PETA said. The next morning, she was still alive, and animal control officers took her to the Chicago Chicken Rescue.

The chicken is now thriving and even mothering several abandoned chicks and ducklings at the rescue center, according to PETA.

This is the second Compassionate Police Department Award given to the CPD — last year PETA gave the department an award for rescuing a dog from Lake Michigan.

The CPD will receive an award letter, a framed certificate and a vegan chick'n from The Chicago Diner, PETA said.

Photos 1-3 courtesy of Chicago Police Department and Chicago Chicken Rescue; image 4 courtesy of PETA.