A man has been detained after allegedly stealing a black swan from a park and then making a pot of soup out of it.
Surveillance footage captures the moment the man snatched the waterbird from a pond after knocking it out with a wooden stick.
The Chinese resident, known by his surname Wu, claimed that he only attacked the swan after the animal 'pecked him when he was teasing it with a club', according to reports.
He was caught red-handed at his home after police found a pot of half-eaten swan dish in the kitchen.
Mr Wu has been detained by local police following the incident.The Cui Lake Park, located in the city of Jinhua, Zhejiang province of eastern China, was home to four black swans for nearly four years.
On April 29, a park keeper phoned the police and said that one of the birds was missing, Chinese media report.
Police looked through the surveillance footage and saw Mr Wu leaving the park in a hurry whilst holding a wooden stick and a red bag.
Mr Wu was later caught by the police in his rented flat – with the leftovers of the swan broth.
A man has been detained after allegedly stealing a black swan from a park and then making a pot of soup out of it.
The Chinese resident, known by his surname Wu, claimed that he only attacked the swan after the animal 'pecked him when he was teasing it with a club', according to reports.
