I don’t think it’s a first-world problem. Maybe in small towns we can find some chickens roaming the streets. Here in the capital it’s more likely for someone to catch a chicken and take it home, not necessarily to eat. Sometimes it will just keep the bird locked in the yard.
Something Very Common here is people picking up plants and flowers from flowerbeds and take them home. My mother once planted daisies in a flowerbed in front of her house. In less than a week all the flowers were pulled out by the roots.
I just don’t understand why people do this. I’ve seen ladies with white hair pulling plants out of other people’s houses. They could Just ask for a flower, they can afford buying plants.
I got to touch a ray (don’t remember if it was a manta* or a sting) at the VA Beach Aquarium on my second-ex-honeymoon. It was like touching not-yet-set gelatine but without my finger poking through it. They are so cool!
*musta been a manta, cos I don’t remember any denticles on its back.