The RSPCA is calling for tighter controls and improved safety training for air guns after a swan was found with a pellet in its head. As well as the pellet, which suggested the swan has been the ...

A sock was pulled over a swan's head in a "mindless prank" that could have led to the bird's death. Police believe the garment was put on intentionally due to the "snug fit" and "how far down the ...

A swan has survived being shot in the head with an air gun pellet on the banks of the Thames, a charity has said. An animal rescuer found the male bird after being sent to an area of the river ...