3 Teens Arrested For Killing And Eating New York Village's Beloved Swan

The teens sneaked into the pond area in the middle of the night and pounced on the bird as she was nesting.

Three teenagers in New York were arrested for allegedly killing and eating a swan cherished by its local community, Guardian reported. The female swan, named Faye, a resident of the pond for over a decade, was killed in Manlius, a Syracuse suburb. Her four babies, called cygnets, were also reported missing after a Memorial Day parade.

When their disappearance caused concern among locals, the police started investigating the case which led to the discovery of two cygnets at a nearby store in Salina, the Manlius Police Department posted on Facebook.

One of the teens was an employee at the unidentified store and confessed to abducting the swan and cygnets with two other people. The two other cygnets were found in a private residence in Syracuse, police said.

''Unfortunately, the investigation led to the discovery that Faye, the female swan, had been killed over the weekend,'' the police said.