Out-of-control dog kills ducks at Lower Shaw Farm

Two domestic ducks were savaged to death by an out-of-control dog at Lower Shaw Farm.

The attack by the unleashed Staffy-type animal happened shortly after 9am yesterday - Sunday - at the Swindon arts, culture and education venue.

Matt Holland, who heads the team at the farm, said the dog ran onto the site and attacked the flock of ducks.

He added: "It killed two of them, injured another, terrified the rest, and left its little blue ball behind. 

"When its owner was approached by a distressed farm resident, he said, ‘Oh, sorry about that. We were walking by and he ran away.’ 

"And then wandered off, with his dog still off the lead.

"The dog was a black and white Staffy type and the owner was a middle-aged man wearing a red jacket, who needs to know that two much-loved domestic ducks are dead because he did not have his dog under control."