Star the duck who has seemingly been injured in a pub brawl (Picture: SWNS)

This story about a duck and dog who walked into a pub and had a fight is real and not the start of a terrible joke.

And by real we mean Star the duck’s owner Barrie Hayman, 69, swears its true.

Basically the beer swilling bird was meant to have had one too many at The Old Courthouse Inn in Chulmleigh, Devon, and then got into a brawl with Meggie, who is also owned by Mr Hayman.

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Barry Hayman with his pet Star (Picture: SWNS)

‘Star pushed his luck too far and Meggie snapped – splitting Star’s bottom beak right down the middle,’ Mr Hayman told the Cheddar Valley Gazette.



‘He gave her a stare, then promptly stood on her back. It was not pretty and not nice. We were so scared we would lose Star.

‘He had to be rushed to the vets and go under anaesthetic, which is always risky and could go either way with ducks and other small animals.

Thankfully Star, who became famous for his drinking, survived the encounter but if there was ever advert for not drinking to excess, this was it.

Star on a bender? (Picture: SWNS)

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