Swan dies of 'broken heart' after cruel vandals trash nest and kill her babies

A swan has died “of a broken heart” after vandals pelted her nest with bricks, destroying her eggs and driving her mate away. A gang of teenage boys were seen on May 20 hurling bricks and rocks along Manchester Canal in Bolton, and witnesses said the yobs were aiming for an island where the adult swans had made a nest and were incubating their eggs.-- More...