A seagull died after being dragged by the neck with a dog lead by a man who has been branded "extremely vile" by angry locals.
Police were called at about 8pm on Monday evening to reports that a man had pulled a live seagull along the pavement with a rope around its neck.
Lancashire Police said the bird “was taken by a member of the public to a local vet", where they decided it "sadly had to be put down”.
