Three Teenagers Arrested for Killing and Eating a Family Swan in Upstate New York

NEW YORK – Three upstate New York teenagers have been arrested for killing and eating a family swan that 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 last long weekend of Memorialwhich celebrates veterans in the United States, announced the police in 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.

Jack Posobiec, an American politician published this Wednesday, May 31 an excerpt from the arrest of one of the teenagers on his Twitter account:

“Teen Eman Hussan and his two friends arrested in Syracuse, NY area for killing and eating the town swan and stealing his 4 babies.”

Commune symbol

The young suspects are accused of having stolen Faye and her four young swans, in order to make them pets, according to the story that Police Sergeant Kenneth Hatter told the local press on Tuesday.

The cygneaux were quickly found safe and sound but their mother was much less lucky.

“Family and friends ate the swan which they took for a very large duck”lamented police officer Hatter, acknowledging that the three young “did not know that (this bird) was not a wild animal and that it belonged to the village of Manlius”.

The swans have been a symbol of this commune 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”.

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