A charity says birds are being regularly targeted with air guns and catapults on the River Thames.
Charity Swan Support said it had received regular reports of birds being attacked on the River Thames
She said the situation had become "ridiculous" and believed officers did not treat wildlife attacks as seriously as they should.Ms Hermon, whose charity rescues injured birds and reports incidents to the force, told BBC Radio Berkshire: "I've been doing this for 30 years and it's absolutely soul-destroying and exhausting.
Five pieces of ammunition, likely from both a catapult and an air weapon, were found in the swan's head, neck and wing. It had surgery to remove the pellets but later died. Ms Hermon said: “Shooting animals, not just swans and birds, leads on to other things as they get older.
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