An Australian man faces serious charges after tossing a beloved chicken into an alligator pen, in effort to feed the reptile.

There was a "degree of sadism" in a grandfather's decision to feed a chicken called Betty White to an alligator at a NSW ...

A Hunter Valley grandfather has been spared jail after he threw a live chicken into an alligator pen at a wildlife park.Peter ...

Grandfather Peter Smith has been handed a non-custodial sentence for an act of "sadism" when he grabbed a much-loved chicken ...

A wildlife park owner has praised a magistrate for defending much-loved chicken Betty White who was grabbed by grandfather Peter Smith and thrown into an alligator pen.