Three teenagers have been arrested after they allegedly stole a swan prized by its community before killing and eating the beloved bird, officials say.
Police in Manlius, a southeast suburb of Syracuse, first sounded the alarm earlier this week after Faye, one of the village's most iconic residents, and four of her baby swans, known as cygnets, were reported missing after a Memorial Day parade.
He said the teens had snuck into the pond area “in the middle of the night” and pounced on the bird as she was nesting. “She wasn’t fighting back and they were able to capture her,” he said, adding that the swan was killed at the pond.After killing the creature, the teens brought the bird's remains back to the house of one of their aunts, where the swan was cooked, Hatter said in separate comments, according to The Associated Press.
One of the suspects, a juvenile who was working at the store, confessed to having taken the birds along with two other teenagers, he said. The suspect said they planned to raise the birds as pets and had no plans to eat them.
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