Police in Ethiopia’s Oromia region had to intervene between two traders in a local market after a cock belonging to one swallowed the gold earrings of the other.
The “agile” cockerel earlier this week snatched the 1.75kg earring from Hachaltu Bedira, a trader who herself sells chicken at the market in Woliso.
Police intervention was needed after the incident generated a disagreement. Eventually officers brokered a deal between the two traders. That the owner of the earring buys the cokerel.
Ms Hachaltu eventually agreed to buy the cockerel for 150 Ethiopian birr ($5), a BBC report noted.
The public broadcaster in Oromia, OBN Oromiyaa later said the new owner and her husband slaughtered the cock and retrieved the earrings.
We have an update😇@OBNOromiyaa reported Hachaltu has her husband slaughter the naughty rooster & extracted her gold earring of off its stomach🤣after that,Hachaltu & her family are enjoying the deliciousness of Ethiopian chicken stew (Doro Wot)! #HachaltuDecided! @melonadamou pic.twitter.com/3XcRcSvl1D
— Addis Standard (@addisstandard) September 11, 2019
