TAMPA, Fla. — A man told deputies he killed and ate his pet peacocks to spite his neighbor after they got into an argument when she was feeding the animals.

Pasco County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a call from Tricia Day-Barker around 6 p.m. Tuesday, who said she got into an argument with Craig Vogt, 61, over his pets. Day-Barker said he killed two peacocks at his Hudson home because she continued to feed them, according to the arrest report.

When deputies spoke with Vogt, he said he put a letter in Day-Barker’s mailbox about killing the bird and said he would keep killing the animals if she continued to feed them.

He told officials that he killed two birds by cutting their necks with a knife and bleeding them out before cooking them in a frying pan and eating them. 

“The defendant’s act resulted in excessive or repeated infliction of unnecessary pain or suffering resulting in the animal’s cruel death,” the report read.  

While being transported to jail, Vogt said he plans to kill all his pet peacocks to prevent anyone from taking custody of them.

Vogt is now facing charges for aggravated animal cruelty due to intentionally committing an act against an animal while having custody of it.