Swan who survived two crossbow bolts through his head back on the water

Source: Agencies | July 10, 2014, Thursday |

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DESPITE being shot in the skull and through the windpipe with a crossbow by mindless thugs leaving him barely able to breath, the traumatised swan was still clinging to life when the RSPCA officers arrived, Daily Mail reported yesterday.

Incredibly, after undergoing an emergency operation and making a miracle recovery in just three weeks, he was then declared fit enough to be reunited with his mate, the report said.

A walker alerted the RSPCA to the swan’s plight after spotting him on the canal at Penketh on June 18, according to the report.

One of the steel crossbow bolts had pierced his skull, missing his brain by millimetres. The other went into his neck, through his windpipe and out the other side, the report said.

Police are still seeking the swan’s attackers. Swans are a protected species and, according to ancient law, all owned by the Queen, according to the report.

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Swan who survived two crossbow bolts through his head back on the water

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