Two swans who survived a sickening cross bow attack in the Black Country have now been reunited.
The birds lost their cygnet when thugs fired at them from close range in Wednesbury, shooting metal tipped darts which lodged in their flesh.
The cygnet was found dead beneath the male swan’s wing.
The swans had been taken to different rescue centres following the attack over the bank holiday weekend, but were reunited yesterday thanks to Jan Harrigan, who runs the Wychbold Swan Rescue Centre in Droitwich.
“Swans mate for life,” she said. “It’s very important that they were brought back together and they were certainly pleased to see each other. Hopefully we will be able to release them somewhere around here.”A walker found the swans huddling for shelter near their nest just off Farmer Way.
The man said: “They had these darts sticking out of them. It was obviously done from pretty close range. One had gone into the female swan’s side about four inches deep.”
Ward Councillor Elaine Costigan said she would be lobbying Trading Standards to launch an investigation into where cross bows are on sale. She said: “I don’t think parents are aware that children are buying these weapons, sold as toys, and going out with the intention of harming animals.”
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Ohhhh bless!!! Lets hope they can live happily ever after and have more baby cygnets!! There are some evil little b***ards in this world!
There’s a lot of these incidents in the Black Country and we just want people to know that the vast majority of us are sickened by them. Kez is right, there are some evil people in the world and we want them reprimanded.
It really is about time that prison sentences were brought into play for the low life that do these things. What sort of sick person could get enjoyment out of torturing a defenceless animal, there have been far too many episodes of animal cruelty in the black country recently, is it due to the way these sicko’s are raised or the general lack of respect for animals?