In response to the headlines in the Bolton Evening News on Wednesday, June 7, "Swan shot - 20 times".

The sooner these thugs are caught the better, for shooting a swan 20 times and in front of children.

They should be punished and I don't mean a pat on the back and don't do it again, bring back the birch or put the thugs in the Army to learn some discipline.

S Wilkes, Horwich