UNION COUNTY, N.C. — A family has adopted a rooster named “Cluck Norris” after the Union County Sheriff’s Office posted on Facebook saying it needed a new home.
Union County deputies said the rooster had arrived in their shelter and was “in dire need of a new place to crow.”
“Based on initial observations, this rooster is an adult-aged male who WILL NOT stop strutting around the shelter like he owns the place. We are also receiving internal grievances from the other animals who are being woken up before the sunrise by Cluck’s incessant crowing,” the post said.
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The rooster was named after deputies said he established a role as “shelter kingpin.” They moved him from animal general population to single-cell housing to “prevent an animal uprising,” joking that Cluck had convinced the other animals they could take over the shelter with ease.
The post begged several times for someone to adopt the rooster, saying, “We are now in the stage where Cluck is intimidating staff members by constantly squawking hurtful insults in their direction when they pass by his cage. Enough is enough Cluck, words hurt.”
The post said on a serious note, he needed to go to a farming family or someone with enough land and adequate facilities. 24 hours later, the sheriff’s office thanked everyone who engaged with their post, saying he had been adopted by a loving family.
“Normally, adopted animals leave the shelter with immunization records and other animal care-related items. In Cluck’s case, we sent him to his new home with an anger management referral, a self-help book, and an ankle monitor. Operations at the shelter have since returned to their normal, calm state,” deputies joked in the update.
Deputies said Cluck left behind several friends at the shelter who need good homes and they asked those interested in adopting a cat or dog to go to the Union County Animal Services Facebook page.
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