Conservation charity condemns coot stoning
News from the RSPB site
Hackney residents are being asked to help catch thugs who've stoned to death a nest of coot chicks and their mother.
The nest and family were destroyed on the River Lea adjoining Millfields Park, off the busy Leabridge Road. It’s a popular park, used by cyclists, dog walkers, footballers, joggers and families.
“This incident has shocked and dismayed local park users and residents,” said RSPB London spokesman Tim Webb. “It’s a park I know well and use with my family as we live nearby. A lot of effort has gone in to improving it over the past five years and this vile act is just so completely removed from the ethos and pride shown by all those who’ve contributed to that improvement, that it seems wholly alien.”
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