Maribyrnong Council is looking for the owner of a dog that killed three swans on Sunday in Footscray in an on-leash area.
A pair of native black swans and one of their cygnets were killed by a dog in Footscray on Sunday.Another adult swan was found dead nearby two weeks ago, suspected to be killed by a fox or dog.
Maribyrnong Council is hunting for the dog owner whose off-leash dog savaged a family of native black swans on Sunday in an on-leash area near Footscray’s well-known Chinese Heavenly Queen Temple in the Maribyrnong River Reserve.Wildlife Victoria confirmed that they were called in response to an attack around 3pm on Sunday, in which a dog lashed out and killed two adult black swans and one of four young cygnets.
“I felt something like this could unfold because I can just see how the dogs run around the area,” temple volunteer Greg Rebelo said. “Every year they have a bunch of cygnets. We watch them trying to fly, doing silly things, it’s just amazing to watch the wildlife grow,” he said. “It’s such a terrible thing to happen, it’s very distressing.”
Maribyrnong Mayor Sarah Carter said the swan deaths were “clearly of concern to our community and council” and committed to patrols of the area and an audit of the signage in the area.“Council is investigating the latest incident and will prosecute the owner if identified,” she said. “The law states dogs must be on-lead when outside the owner’s property except for designated off-lead areas. The owners of any dog found off-lead in an on-lead area face a fine of $192.
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