Three foxes were shot in the head ‘multiple’ times and then left to die, with an animal charity warning that animal abusers are ‘tomorrow’s serial killers’.
A passerby found the animals in a ‘horrific scene’ in Basildon, Essex, on December 15, and alerted rescuers.
Staff at South Essex Wildlife Hospital were so disgusted that they clubbed together to make a £1,250 reward from their own pockets for information leading to a prosecution. They were found by a woman by a ‘no dumping sign’, having been clearly dumped after being hunted down and killed.Sue Schwar, founder and manager at the veterinary surgery and charity said: ‘The incident is pretty horrific. The mentality of someone who would shoot the foxes for fun and intentionally dump them is baffling.
In a social media post, the hospital stated: ‘The perpetrator was clearly an amateur or shooting for fun. ‘Penetrator’ pellets were used and the gun was not powerful enough to kill humanely.
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