FOUR ducks have been knifed to death at a holiday park in Brean.

The four female ducks were treated like pets at Lazy Days Caravan Park in Brean and staff at the park said the animals appeared to have been stabbed.

Anita Morton, general manager at Lazy Days, said: "These were ducks we had kept as pets and raised for four years.

"The cleaner came in on Sunday, April 10, in the morning, and normally they can hear the ducks quacking away, but when they went to investigate they found them dead."

Mrs Morton said that the way the ducks were found made it highly unlikely that this was an attack by other animals.

"It is very sad. We raised them for four years and our regular customers know them and the general feeling here is disgust that somebody would want to do such a thing.

"We wanted to warn anyone who has pets kept outside in the area to be extra vigilant. If we look at getting more ducks we will be getting a padlock for the enclosure."