Pinellas Park pfficers are trying to catch whoever is responsible.

PINELLAS PARK, Fla. — He’s being called the “Miracle Muscovy” – a neighborhood duck found shot with a crossbow is recovering, and Pinellas Park police say it’s not the first time they’ve found a duck shot in this same neighborhood.

"I’m angry, upset. Why would someone do something like that to an animal,” asked Erin Herrington, who heard the news Tuesday and called her husband.

“It hurt … hurt to hear someone would shoot a duck with a bow and arrow,” said Erin’s husband Chris Herrington. “Ducks don’t do nothing to nobody.”

Police report in the two latest cases, one duck was wounded with an arrow through its neck and another was shot through the chest.

“I can’t even believe the duck survived,” said wildlife rescuer Shelley Vickery, director of Birds in Helping Hands. “None of the ducks are safe there right now until they find this person.”

Both ducks shot survived after having the arrows removed. One has already been released back into the lake.

The second more seriously wounded duck is on antibiotics and pain medication and will be nursed back to health before its release.

“He’s going to be in a safe place because I think he deserves that after what he’s been through,” said Vickery.

Concerned neighbors vow to keep an eye on the ducks and their home security cameras looking for anyone carrying a crossbow or trying to harm any animal in their neighborhood.

“We’re going to keep an eye around here,” said Herrington. “No shooting, no bow and arrows and I hope Pinellas Park catches who did this because it’s wrong.”

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