The cassowary that killed 75-year-old Florida man Marvin Hajos earlier this month is going up for auction, alongside 100 other exotic animals from his collection, the Gainesville Sun is reporting. The cassowary made international headlines when it attacked Hajos after he had fallen over between two cassowary pens, later dying of his injuries.
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On Facebook, Gulf Coast Livestock Auction (the group running the auction) said that selling the animals as soon as possible was one of Hajos’ wishes. The company released a full list of the animals that would be up for auction, which included emus, kookaburras, zebu, tortoises, several species of marmoset, lemurs, and a number of cassowaries:
The listing expressly forbids filming at the auction, emphasising that anyone seen with video camera equipment will be deemed to be trespassing.
A spokesperson for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission told the New York Times that Hajos didn’t require a permit to have the cassowaries because he “employed an agricultural exemption for his possession of cassowaries for agricultural use“, going on to say that cassowaries could be bred for meat or eggs or to sell as livestock.
The auction will take place in Madison, Florida, on Saturday, April 27.
