The RSPCA is appealing for information after a swan was found peppered with air gun pellets in a Staffordshire town.
The swan was found by water in Cannock Road, Burntwood, with a hole in his neck, on Thursday 30 March. RSPCA inspector Rob Crutchley collected the bird and took him to the charity’s Stapeley Grange Wildlife Centre, in Nantwich, Cheshire.
An x-ray showed that the swan had been shot 10 times with an air gun. Pellets were found in the … Continue reading…