He decided to kill the bird but claims he mistook his penis for the chicken's neck and chopped it off. When he realised what he'd done, he says he threw the severed organ to the dog which ate it.

The man told National newspaper: "It was after midnight when the bloody cock was making such a trouble outside. I got very angry and went out to kill it. "I don't know how I got my penis instead. I was so irritated I threw it to the dog before my wife called the ambulance. What could I do with a piece of penis."

The man is now in hospital at Galati where doctors are going to operate on him. But surgeons say there is no chance of rebuilding his penis and say the best they can do is restore his ability to urinate.