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ANGLERS using the Kennet & Avon Canal have been urged to make sure they take home all their tackle after a swan died as a result of being caught by a fishing hook and line. The male Mute Swan was seen swimming frantically around the Bradford on Avon Marina by concerned canal boaters on Tuesday and Wednesday last week while trying to remove the hook. Terry Higgins, 63, who moors at the marina, said: It was awful. He was just swimming around in circles and was obviously stressed and in a lot of pain. He was part of a pair that have been breeding here for many years and now his mate is calling for him. It s absolutely pitiful and sad to hear.
ANGLERS using the Kennet & Avon Canal have been urged to make sure they take home all their tackle after a swan died as a result of being caught by a fishing hook and line. The male Mute Swan was seen swimming frantically around the Bradford on Avon Marina by concerned canal boaters on Tuesday and Wednesday last week while trying to remove the hook. Terry Higgins, 63, who moors at the marina, said: It was awful. He was just swimming around in circles and was obviously stressed and in a lot of pain. He was part of a pair that have been breeding here for many years and now his mate is calling for him. It s absolutely pitiful and sad to hear.