Three teenage boys in rural upstate New York have been arrested for killing and eating a family … swan they mistook for a large duck, according to local police.
This swan, a female named Faye and known in this region of Syracuse, was killed during the long weekend of “Memorial”, which celebrates veterans in the United States, announced the police of the town of Manlius, hundreds of miles north of New York City.
The three young people aged 16, 17 and 18 are implicated by the police for vandalism and theft.
The young suspects are accused of having stolen Faye and her four young swans in order to make them pets, according to the account given to the local press on Tuesday by police sergeant Kenneth Hatter.
The cygneaux were quickly found safe and sound but their mother was much less lucky.
“Family and friends ate the swan which they mistook for a very large duck,” police officer Hatter lamented, acknowledging that the three youngsters “did not know that (this bird) was not a wild animal and that he belonged to the village of Manlius”.
Swans have been a symbol of this commune of 4,600 souls since they took up residence, at the beginning of the 20th century, on the small ponds of the commune.
“It’s sad,” said Mayor Paul Whorrall, quoted by local media. “It’s as if we had lost a member of the family”.
2023-06-01 21:02:41
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