Royal Parks responds to Farage's claim that swans are being eaten by migrants in UK

A foundation has been forced to contradict Nigel Farage's claims that swans are being eaten by eastbound Europeans successful London's Royal Parks.

The Reform UK person had accused migrants surviving successful the UK of taking some carp and swans - a protected taxon - from ponds successful Britain's Royal Parks and sidesplitting them.

He said: "If I said to you that swans were being eaten successful Royal Parks successful this country, that carp were being taken retired of ponds and eaten successful this state by radical who travel from cultures that person a different... would you hold it happened, is happening here?"

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Asked who helium believes is doing this, Mr Farage told LBC it was "people who travel from countries wherever it's rather acceptable to bash so".

Pressed connected whether it was eastbound Europeans, helium said: "So I believe."

Swans are protected successful the UK by the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, which makes it amerciable to kill, harm oregon disturb them.

Shortly aft Mr Farage made his claim, a spokesperson for the Royal Parks said "no incidents" oregon radical "killing oregon eating swans" person been reported.

They said: "We've not had immoderate incidents reported to america of radical sidesplitting oregon eating swans successful London's 8 Royal Parks.

"Our wildlife officers enactment intimately with the Swan Sanctuary to guarantee the payment of the swans crossed the parks."

Mr Farage's claims astir eastbound Europeans eating swans are reminiscent of US President Donald Trump's claims that Haitian migrants were sidesplitting Americans' pets.

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He said successful a statesmanlike statement past year: "In Springfield, they are eating the dogs.

"The radical that came in, they are eating the cats. They're eating - they are eating the pets of the radical that unrecorded there."

This was dismissed arsenic a "dangerous conspiracy theory" by the US National Security Council spokesperson astatine the time.