Because it was being dragged by a drunk.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...shire-65274023
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...shire-65274023
Police are investigating after a man was seen "pulling" a seagull across a road on a dog lead in a seaside resort.
The bird had to be put down following the incident on Devonshire Road in Blackpool on Monday.
A man, in his 50s, was arrested for being drunk and disorderly but he has subsequently been de-arrested.
Lancashire Police said no arrests had been made in relation to allegations of animal cruelty but the matter was still being investigated.
Gulls are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and it is illegal to intentionally injure or kill them.
The bird had to be put down following the incident on Devonshire Road in Blackpool on Monday.
A man, in his 50s, was arrested for being drunk and disorderly but he has subsequently been de-arrested.
Lancashire Police said no arrests had been made in relation to allegations of animal cruelty but the matter was still being investigated.
Gulls are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and it is illegal to intentionally injure or kill them.
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