https://news.sky.com/story/police-hunt-jogger-who-kicked-cygnet-out-of-his-way-in-richmond-park-12003829
Lucille Grant ● 2344d20 Comments
Sickening. Hope the police catch him. I was at Pen Ponds on Monday and there were a lot of people admiring the swans so hope there would have been some witnesses to this awful incident,
Jane Carter ● 2344d
Absolutely horrible! Cannot understand why anybody would do such a thing. I do hope they manage to catch him. Unforgivable!
Ivonne Holliday ● 2344d
Brain dead cruel moron. I hope someone gives him a good kicking one day. Karma.
Sue Hammond ● 2344d
Awful behaviour. There are some very unpleasant people out there. Contrast this with the applause given to the RNLI guys who rescued an ungrateful cat from the Thames in Chiswick.
Jonathan Callaway ● 2344d
From elsewhere in the country but may cheer you.https://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/pictures-dramatic-rescue-stops-cygnet-from-being-swept-out-to-sea-202161/
Katrina Black ● 2343d
Senseless cruelty.
Michael Ixer ● 2343d
Sadly the cygnet has died. I could cheerfully wring that jogger's neck.
Lucille Grant ● 2343d
Probably the same man who pushed a woman into the front of an oncoming bus on Putney Bridge last year, also a jogger.
Bunny Payne ● 2343d
Oh, no!!! Poor little thing — what a brainless, heartless thing to do to it. I will join you Lucille in wringing the jogger's neck!
Ivonne Holliday ● 2343d
And me
Jane Carter ● 2343d
If only he could be caught.
The cruel b@st@rd probably won't be caught but I hope the next time he goes for a jog he has a massive heart attack and dies. Karma.
Sue Hammond ● 2343d
I finally got through to the swan sanctuary today and the very sad news is that the poor little thing died yesterday afternoon. So upset.
Sue Hammond ● 2342d
Yes Sue. I posted the sad news yesterday.
Lucille Grant ● 2342d
Sorry Lucille I didn't realise. I can't express how much this has upset me.
It has me too.
It mystifies me why (male) joggers feel this entitlement, is it a rise of testosterone while exercising??
Bunny Payne ● 2342d
The photo is so awful I can't bear to look at it. Poor little creature.From the report on the front page it seems as if the culprit was old. I wonder if he has a history of violence, domestic violence perhaps.
Elizabeth Balsom ● 2342d
Now the police have tweeted that "the suspect was seen to kick another cygnet, which thankfully managed to escape to the water. The jogger had a logo on his running top and is balding."http://www.putneysw15.com/default.asp?section=info&page=concrimecygnet002.htmUnspeakable!
Richard Carter ● 2341d
Very hard not to get a logo on tops these days.No arrests were made following the Putney Bridge incident which was caught on CCTV.Let's hope someone knows him turns him in.
Ed Robinson ● 2341d