Thirty-nine geese and one pigeon have been found shot and dumped, literally on the road, in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, according to an article in the Eastern Daily Press (EDP) posted on 10 December 2025.
The birds were found on St Paul’s Lane and many of them had blue baler twine around their necks (where the birds had been hung up) and had had their breasts cut off.
A video on the EDP website captures the reactions of members of the public, who described the incident as “barbaric”.
According to the EDP article, a spokesman for King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council said: “A report of dead geese was made to the council, to which we immediately responded.
“They are due to be collected today and removed to a licensed waste site that is authorised to deal with them.”
Regular blog readers will know that the dumping of shot gamebirds is a common and widespread illegal practice that has been going on for years, despite the repeated denials by the shooting industry. The disposal of animal by-products (including shot gamebirds) is supposedly regulated and the dumping of these carcasses is an offence.
Previous reports include dumped birds found in Cheshire (here), Scottish borders (here), Norfolk (here), Perthshire (here), Berkshire (here), North York Moors National Park (here) and some more in North York Moors National Park (here) and even more in North Yorkshire (here), Co. Derry (here), West Yorkshire (here), and again in West Yorkshire (here), N Wales (here), mid-Wales (here), Leicestershire (here), Lincolnshire (here), Somerset (here), Derbyshire’s Peak District National Park (here), Suffolk (here), Leicestershire again (here), Somerset again (here), Liverpool (here), even more in North Wales (here) even more in Wales, again (here), in Wiltshire (here) in Angus (here), in Somerset again (here), once again in North Yorkshire (here), yet again in West Yorkshire (here), yet again in mid-Wales (here), even more in mid-Wales (here), more in Derbyshire (here), Gloucestershire (here) more in Cheshire (here), some in Cumbria (here), some more in the Scottish Borders (here) and again in Lincolnshire (here), in Nottinghamshire (here), even more in Lincolnshire (here), even more in the Scottish Borders (here) and in Dorset (here).
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Apart from West Norfolk Council swiftly removing them from sight, are the police force investigating this illegal act…CCTV, chats with locals etc?
These are just 1 track minded people with £ signs on there eyes who don’t loose sleep over this and never will ..They will read our comments and laugh or smile at the very least.This is sickening to see and a senseless loss of birds just for prophet!!! .
No I can tell you that with certainty because I live in the area.
Sick fuckers ..
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the barbarity of this make me sick to the stomach. The perps need to be brought to book!
Wonder if the geese were shot with non-toxic shot or lead?
I live around there. Nothing surprises me xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx. Those beautiful geese and pigeons butchered xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx. Xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx. Outlaw and make shooting of anything living illegal, enforced with serious prison sentences otherwise there’s no point in even reporting it because it makes my blood boil.
Does anyone think gun legislation is strong enough in this country?
these people are despicable they are the lowest if the low xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx what an utter Cretans they are