Britain is being terrorised by slingshot-wielding children

Britain's towns and villages are being terrorised by sling-shot wielding children who are filming themselves abusing animals to post on social media.

In Maidstone, a family was left devastated after their pet peacock was shot more than 20 times with slingshots and catapults and brutally killed. And according to data FOI'd by KentOnline, there were 12 recorded incidents of catapult offences in the Tunbridge Wells vicinity in 2022, and five last year.

Advertisement River's owner, Alison Carter, 57, posted the footage from a neighbour's CCTV camera of the suspects on Facebook, showing five boys and one girl firing at the peacock who was perched in a tree. The gang continue to aim at him from the rooftop before two dash forward, grab River by his wings and hold him up as a trophy, before one rips out his feathers.Ms Carter said: 'I was devastated, and I still am. He was part of the family, he played and walked around with our dog Ziggy.

They rescued River nearly six years ago after he had been kept in a small box without sunlight and was found 'featherless and frightened'. READ MORE - Who is killing Britain's swans? Catapult wielding gang hunted after seven of the majestic birds are shot dead in this year alone in Surrey and Hampshire Advertisement Ruby Gasson, who was 13 at the time, suffered severe bruising to her leg.

They've damaged the church stained glass windows, targeted mourners at a funeral and blinded a swan. That could easily have been a young child. It doesn't bear thinking about.' SHEPPERTON: Birds in The Swan Sanctuary are seen with bloodied necks after youths attacked a pair of swans - with only one surviving - in January 2024

READ MORE - Primary school children are filming themselves killing and torturing wild animals including swans, deer and squirrels then sharing the grisly videos on WhatsApp in 'sick' nation-wide 'trend' Advertisement He added that he's 'lost faith' in the police for low level crime. DATCHET: Two 'evil' teenage thugs armed with catapults killed four swans and injured at least a dozen in a savage attack at a rescue sanctuary. Pictured: A cygnet killed in the attack in 2022

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