An animal rescue vigilante swooped in to rescue a peacock living in a car. (File photo) Eric the peacock had been spending his days living in the back of a car with another peacock, two cats and two chickens before an animal rescue vigilante swooped in. The animals are now thriving and enjoying the feeling of having grass between their toes and claws in north Auckland’s Dairy Flat. But the removal of the animals from the parked car in Stanmore Bay with no owner in sight on January 9 has proven controversial, with claims from the animals’ homeless owner that the animals were stolen from her under the watch of police.