The DSPCA is calling on dog owners to make sure that their pets are under control, after a female swan recently suffered "horrendous" injuries in a dog attack on the Royal Canal.
The poor swan was gravely injured on Friday 22 April when a dog off lead attacked her as she defended her nest of eight eggs nearby.
Volunteers from the DSPCA were called out to the scene near Bernard Shaw's pub to help the stricken swan, but her injuries were too great and she sadly had to be put to sleep.
