Care home residents fury as pet ducks are stolen

Care home residents are furious aft 2 thugs broke into their plot and stole 3 of their beloved favored ducks named Pablo, Gary and Dog.

Police are hunting the 2 thieves aft they broke into the birds' plot shed known to residents affectionately arsenic the "Quack Shack".

The heartless theft caused large distress arsenic the ducks were hatched from eggs astatine the location and were truthful tame they would ascent onto people's laps to beryllium petted and instrumentality a snooze.

Outside the trio liked thing amended than splashing astir successful the paddling excavation which was bought particularly for them.

The thieves did not marque a cleanable expanse of the attraction location flock arsenic they missed Dolly and Tyson who some survived the raid with small much than ruffled feathers.

The villains were caught connected CCTV breaking into the grounds of the Hilton Rose attraction location successful Walsall, West Mids connected October 22.

The footage is present being examined by officers astatine West Midlands constabulary who anticipation to place the crooks.

Deputy manager Hannah Copson, 41, said: "It truly was a rotten shame. What could they imaginable privation with 3 ducks, we've each questioned it?

"They're hardly worthy thing to merchantability though they were precise costly to buy.

"We bought 5 eggs that were acceptable to hatch, an incubator, vigor lamp, each the bedding and a tally to support them successful arsenic ducklings successful April.

"It outgo astir £300 for the full bundle but it was good worthy it.

"Many of our residents person been progressive successful their attraction since each 5 of them hatched connected the aforesaid time which was April 9.

"They had been a existent morale booster. We'd fto them retired immoderate the upwind and the residents would beryllium successful the model watching what they got up to.

"Inside, they similar being petted and made small cheeping sounds erstwhile they are astatine their happiest. They would often autumn dormant sitting connected the residents' laps.

"Every nighttime we'd enactment them to furniture successful the Quack Shack and fto them retired successful the morning."

It was erstwhile they came to fto the ducks retired connected October 23 that unit recovered 3 were missing.

Hannah said: "The nighttime aft the theft we recovered Pablo, Gary and Dog, which is simply a unusual sanction for a duck but it was chosen by the owner's grandson, were missing.

"We looked astatine the CCTV and we could spot 2 young men ascent implicit the gross and travel down to the Quack Shack. Then you spot them moving distant with 3 ducks.

"We'd beryllium truly pleased to person them backmost but we're not holding retired overmuch anticipation to beryllium honest.

"We conscionable anticipation the constabulary find these young men and halt them from committing immoderate much crimes."

The incidental is being investigated by West Midlands Police who were contacted for comment.