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Hens Spray-Painted In Apparent College Prank

Hens Spray-Painted In Apparent College Prank
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Just how did farm chickens end up inside campus buildings at Carnegie Mellon University last weekend? And who decided to paint them?

The university isn't saying much.

But Beth McMaster, a wildlife rehabilitator in Butler County who is caring for the birds, two of whom are sick, said it strikes her as a case of animal cruelty. She said the school owes the public an accounting of what happened and should punish whoever is responsible.

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