I saw a story in animal news today that was talking about a senseless killing spree in the UK. The killings have been going on in the areas of Blackford, Somerset, Wedmore and Godney.
Someone is out with a high powered rifle shooting and killing swans. So far there have been 29 swans found dead that have been shot. You can see the article about this at CRAZED SNIPER KILLS 29 SWANS.
When I read the article and found out that some of these swans were mated pairs and some may even be swans that had been rescued and cared for earlier…it made me even madder.
Who would be out shooting these animals and why? I am not familiar with the area in which the swans were killed but, I’ll guess that they were not really endangering anyone’s life. In fact since the killings are moving to different places that would tell me it is just a really mean person with a gun & a thing against animals. It surely wouldn’t be that swans in all of those places were ruining his/her daily life. Kind of makes you wonder if the person has killed more swans or even other animals that just have not been found.
We know that people who abuse animals are likely to carry it over into other forms of abuse and crime as talked about in the news story How Animal Abuse and other Crimes are Related.
There is a reward out for information about the swan killer. I hope that people who know who is doing this will turn him/her into authorities.
I also thought that it was illegal to kill swans over there…I might be mistaken.