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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
James Tapper and Geneva Abdul

Dozens of dead wild animals dumped outside Hampshire shop

A street in Broughton with a red brick terrace of houses on the left and a thatched cottage on the right
Broughton, Hampshire. A spokesperson for the shop said workers had been devastated by the discovery. Photograph: Krys Bailey/Alamy

Police are investigating a series of gruesome wildlife killings in Hampshire after about 50 hares, a kestrel and a barn owl were dumped outside a village shop.

Staff were “distraught” after discovering the animals’ bodies early last Friday morning at the Broughton Community Shop. Blood had been smeared on the shop windows and the two birds had been stuffed on to the door handles.

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