PETA offers £1,000 reward after seagull shot with arrow in cruel crossbow attack in Blackpool
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The bird, seen in Devonshire Road, Blackpool, may even have been attacked by a future killer, the group said.
It said “past incidents involving cruelty to animals regularly appear in the records of society’s most violent criminals”.
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Hide AdIt added: "Young killers Mary Bell, Robert Thompson, and Jon Venables as well as serial murderers Ian Huntley, Fred West, Dennis Nilsen, Ian Brady and Raoul Moat all started out by deliberately harming animals.”
PETA's director Mimi Bekhechi said: "Someone in the area must have seen something or know something about the cruel individual who committed this callous act.
"A person capable of deliberately causing a helpless animal this kind of suffering demonstrates a deeply worrying psychological state and must be found."
Anyone with information about the shooting was encouraged to call the RSPCA on 0300 1234 999.