A SEAFORD resident was shocked to find only the heads of his two pet ducks when he checked on them last Tuesday morning.
The brown and white ducks had their heads “twisted off” – possibly by a callous intruder – overnight and left on the lawn, while their bodies had been taken away. The ducks had been secured in a pen when attacked.
Owner Shane Black, of Seaford Rd, said he was “horrified” at the find. “It was disgusting,” he said.
“If it was foxes I could understand it – but if it was a cold-blooded killer people should be alerted.”
Mrs Black said no blood or feathers were visible and the heads were neatly placed on the lawn – unlikely behaviour for a fox.
To confirm his doubts he said a neighbour had had four chooks killed the same way – with their heads left in a row in the yard.
Another neighbour had recently lost four ducks in similar circumstances.
“I really hope I am wrong,” Mr Black said. “I don’t want it to be a person but it is not the way foxes do it.”
He said he had been sleeping at the far end of the house at the time of the attack and didn’t hear any noise.
Senior Constable Steve Wisniewski, of Carrum Downs police, said no leads had been found in investigating the duck’s deaths.
A spokesperson for the RSPCA said they were waiting on investigations from the “lead agency” Carrum Downs police.
