LAS VEGAS (AP) — Feathers are flying in the neighborhood around Wayne Newton's estate, where residents are complaining that peafowl like the ones on the Las Vegas showman's 40-acre ranch have become roosting and roaming pests.
Residents who live near Casa de Shenandoah claim the big colorful birds from the ranch roam the neighborhood — squawking, scratching family cars, leaving droppings that have sickened at least one family dog, and creating a traffic hazard.
Newton's lawyer tells the Las Vegas Review-Journal the birds aren't Newton's.
Sure, peacocks and hens were among the exotic menagerie the iconic "Mr. Las Vegas" headliner kept when he lived at the ranch southeast of the Las Vegas Strip.
But attorney Jay Brown notes that Newton no longer lives there.
Casa de Shenandoah today is a tourist museum focusing on Newton's life and career.