New mate would be too dangerous for swan

A widowed “celebrity swan” will not get a new mate, an animal charity has revealed. The bird, dubbed “Mr Swan” by locals in Perranporth, Cornwall, became well known in the tourist resort for holding up traffic.

But the male bird’s mate was killed in a dog attack in May 2017. Locals have reported that the bird has been searching “forlornly” for a new mate, but Tanya Higgins, from Perranporth Gardens Charities, said: “We’ve taken specialist advice and introducing a new mate at this age/stage could be dangerous as one could attack the other.”