Early morning swans in Stephen’s Green yesterday.
(Thanks Colum Cronin)
This afternoon.
Bushy Park, Terenure, Dublin 6.
Warning signs to canines and their owners from Dublin City Council after a swan attacked and killed a dog at the park’s duck pond on Saturday of last week.
The Cocker Spaniel was swimming near a group of swans and cygnets when one of the adult swans completely freaked out and used its wings to beat the dog to death.
The swan was described as white-feathered, beautiful with an elegant neck and deceptively poetic wingspan.
The slaying may have been a revenge after a dog mauled a swan to death in Skerries, north county Dublin last year.
Swan kills dog in park as screaming onlookers watch in horror (Independent.co.uk)