Do you have Nextdoor in your neighborhood? I would join and post a question about the peacock. Also, perhaps you can look for a wildlife rescue organization in your area, and ask advice, or contact a local zoo.

Sorry I don't have specific information about peacocks (peafowl?), but these things are what I would do in your situation. I am certainly no expert, but if I heard someone was going to shoot a beautiful bird like that, I'd grab it and put it in my yard until I figured out the best solution for it.

Peacocks are male, peahens are female. I’d be hesitant to bring it into my yard as they are known to be a tad territorial once they pick a place they want to hang out. ;)

Animal control had no idea.

i will have to google Nextdoor, however I live outside of a one light town so we have nothing!

I have no idea how to catch it but even if I could, I have two large dogs and nowhere to keep it.

I will Google to see if I can find someone that rescues.

We don’t have Nextdoor, but I’d like to start one.

lori, I am sure that I have no idea, and I once had a peacock.

When I was kid some man me one. It strutted around the barnyard doing its thing all summer. We had one of those really serious freezing winter rains and, apparently, it's tail froze to the ground and, whatever happened, the pigs, apparently, killed it.

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I'm afraid I'm not much help either. sorry. Local laws and procedures vary quite a bit; sounds as though your area's are not clear. I recall one of our peacocks getting lose when I was a child, and we never managed to catch or trap it.

albert, that sound awful. Although, ours met a not much better end, as my father decided to shoot it. I never considered the tail feathers freezing to the ground. I've never lived in an area with those types of weather conditions.

Is there an exotic animal vet anywhere around? How about a wildlife rehabilitator?

Maybe there's someone in the country around there that would like one??