On the 23rd April a nesting female swan was was shot in the neck with an air rifle and bled to death on Weston Parade by Netley Abbey leaving behind her grieving mate and five eggs that will never hatch.

Local people are devastated by the loss of these beautiful creatures that had been a feature of the area for years producing new cygnets and bringing joy to the community.

This fund raiser is firstly to offer a reward for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible and secondly to raise funds for the care of the surviving male that has been relocated and is now being cared for by the Swan Support charity.

Reward is now £2000 for information leading to the arrest of those responsible.

All funds raised will go to Swan Support who have agreed to pay out the reward directly should someone come forward with the information.

We can never bring back these wonderful creatures but we can make sure the person who did this faces up to this act of horrific and senseless cruelty.

Update:

For those who donated previously to the Go Fund Me which I mistakenly set up for the Swan Sanctuary instead of Swan Support I have made sure that the £270 raised is being transferred over to Swan Support. Apologies for my silly error and thank you to :

Sam rowe , Mark Cunningham, Wioletta Staszyk , Andrea Lampard, Rachael Lian, Mrs L J Crook, Julie Cappleman, Heather Summers, Jan Collis, Megan Downes and Ross ROSCO GAS LTD as well as those who have chosen to remain anonymous.

Printable version of the poster is available here

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1llx0NxEWeA9yi3zA7sLOlh-INjzDZUaT/view?usp=share_link