ST PAUL, Minn — On Monday night or early Tuesday morning, Urban Roots in St. Paul says someone stole their chickens from their coop.
Urban Roots is a non-profit that hopes to empower children through nature and healthy food. The organization teaches kids farming techniques, urban gardening and how to better grow a healthy community.
Urban Roots adopted six chickens this year to teach their young interns how to care for them and use eggs in cooking and sell them at local farmers' markets.
Urban Roots Development and Events Manager Sara Johnson says someone broke into their chicken coop on Payne Avenue with a crowbar in the middle of the night and took the chickens. The person or persons responsible stopped the security camera from recording, so there is no video evidence to help find the culprit.
In an email to KARE 11 Johnson calls the theft "devastating."
Anyone who knows anything about the chicken theft or who might be responsible is asked to call Urban Roots at 651-228-7073.
