Winsen / Wolthausen: On Tuesday, February 21st, 2017, around 4:00 p.m., attentive walkers discovered an injured swan in the area of a branch of the Örzte.
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They then notified the Celle animal protection agency, which caught the animal and discovered that the bird's chest had been pierced with an arrow.
The head of the Celle animal shelter filed a report with the police. This initiated investigations into violations of the Animal Welfare Act and suspicion of poaching and seized the arrow.
The swan received veterinary treatment and appears to be recovering from its injuries.
Source: presseportal.de
It cannot currently be said whether there is a connection to an incident from September of the previous year.
Here two young men with bows and arrows were found in a forest near Rixförde near Hambühren.
The case that was then initiated against the two suspects on suspicion of poaching was handed over to the public prosecutor's office.
Anyone who can provide relevant information is asked to contact the police in Wietze on 05146-50009-0.
Source: Celle police
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