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Saved from killer swans: Abandoned cygnets are rescued after parents reject them

THESE abandoned cygnets have avoided their swan song after being rescued from two killer adult birds.
The seven 10-week-old cygnets were in danger of being drowned by the older birds, who moved on to their pond after the babies’ parents rejected them. The murderous invaders started attacking the cygnets, and managed to kill one.

 Witnesses at Nook Pond in Bedworth, Warks, called a wildlife haven and the birds were scooped up in nets and taken to the Nuneaton and Warwickshire Sanctuary.

Owner Jeff Grewcock said: “We rescued them with big fishing nets. The rogue swans kept attacking them even while we were there.
“One of them had been drowned and they were starving because the swans had been attacking them as they tried to eat. The people who oversee the pond said the parents had flown off and never came back. Then two other swans turned up...”

The plucky “ugly ducklings” are on the mend after their ordeal: “They are doing really well – we’re fattening them up,” said MrGrewcock.

The cygnets will be released into the wild when fully recovered.

By Laura Holland

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