VIC:Police horrified after teens stone swan

AAP General News (Australia)
04-07-2011
VIC:Police horrified after teens stone swan

Police in Melbourne say they're looking for a group of teenagers .. believed responsible
for killing a swan at Moonee Ponds yesterday.

Officers were called to Queens Park yesterday afternoon .. following reports the teens
were throwing rocks at a swan .. believed to have been nesting on the bank of a lake.

Despite efforts by witnesses who came to the bird's aid .. it died a short time later.

The witnesses say a group of four teenage boys and two girls are responsible.

The dead swan's mate is now guarding the nest after losing his companion.

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KEYWORD: SWAN (MELBOURNE)

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