A youth, aged 14, has been arrested in connection with a series of deadly assaults on swans and ducks. Hertfordshire Police responded to reports of multiple swans being killed and birds injured along the New River near Whit Hern Park in Cheshunt. Last week, the police urged the public to provide any information, emphasizing that acts of cruelty towards wildlife are not just concerning but also criminal. The teenager has been released on bail as investigations continue. The alleged attacks occurred along the New River near Whit Hern Park in Cheshunt. Stay updated on news from Beds, Herts, and Bucks by following BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram, and X. For more on this story, check out the petition to ban catapults for a government response, the renewed call for a catapult ban following a swan’s death, the rescue of nine baby swans swept over a weir, pollution of a chalk stream from a suspected oil spill, and an artist’s plan to repaint a mural after council intervention. For more information, visit Hertfordshire Police’s website.
