Police are investigating the death of a swan which is believed to have been strangled. A member of the public discovered the swan’s body at the Balancing Ponds in Saintbridge, Gloucester, on September 13. The bird’s body has since been passed to Defra (the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs), for disposal. Gloucestershire Police […]
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Swan Chases Golfer Around the Course and People Can’t Stop Laughing
When you’re on the golf course, it’s not unusual to have an occasional run-in with wildlife. What isn’t usual is getting into a brawl with the wildlife, but that’s what happened in a video shared by Barstool Sports at the beginning of July. It’s cracking everybody up! The video begins with a swan observing as […]
Petition: Justice for Blinded Swan Shot With Steel Ball in Cambridge
In a truly heartbreaking act of animal cruelty in Cambridge, England, a beautiful male swan was shot in the head with a 10mm steel ball bearing in a vicious catapult attack. This swan, who is the patriarch of his family, is now blind in one eye. The damage may be so severe that surgery could […]
From burger wrappers to masks, bird nests tell story of throwaway culture
One day in 1996, someone ate a McDonald’s McChicken burger in Amsterdam. Perhaps it was a quick bite after work? A leisurely stroll down the canals? A family outing? These details are lost to time, but others are hard to erase completely. This meal left a permanent mark on the local environment when a nesting […]
Country diary 1949: swans at risk of lead poisoning
PENRITH: Several visitors to the Lake District on Good Friday had the somewhat unusual experience of watching six mute swans flying up the River Eamont towards Ullswater. As they passed, only a yard or two above the water, their wings made a rushing sound as of waves swishing on a shingly shore. For the spectators […]
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Swan Suffering From Severe Bite Wounds is Rescued
Recently, Wildlife Aid received reports of an injured swan that lived in a local park. They arrived on the scene and were shocked by how horrible the swan’s injury was. His neck was covered in blood with a huge bite wound around it. The wound left the swan weak, but not so weak that he […]
More than a dozen swans found dead in rural Minnesota
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is asking for information from the public concerning the killing of more than a dozen swans in Stevens County. The agency says the killings happened between Dec. 16 and 17, 2023 in the west-central Minnesota county. Nearly all birds native to the United States, including their nests […]
Nearly 700 Swans Mysteriously Found Dead at Nature Reserve Near Site of Soviet-Era Nuclear Plant
Animal specialists in Kazakhstan are investigating the mysterious deaths of more than 600 swans whose corpses have been discovered in recent weeks at a nature preserve, near the site of a Soviet-era nuclear plant. The south Asian country’s Lake Karakol is home to a wide array of threatened wildlife – with the nation’s president describing […]