Police in Western Australia lay additional charges against two teenagers after a black swan allegedly involved in a viral “vape stunt” dies.
The boys are accused of beating the bird and forcing it to inhale vape smoke, with footage of the incident circulating and prompting widespread community outrage. Multiple outlets report the pair face further legal action following confirmation of the swan’s death.
While coverage consistently focuses on the alleged conduct—using vape fumes as part of the stunt and filming it—outlets differ mainly in how they frame the update. The West Australian and PerthNow both cite police as the source of the latest charges and the confirmation that the bird has died, but their descriptions vary in emphasis, such as the nature of the backlash and the sequence of events leading to the new allegations. The reports do not provide differing accounts of what police say occurred beyond the core allegations.
