News about Julie Montagu

Hundreds of amateur sleuths have joined the hunt to avenge the murder of the beloved pet duck Quackers who was strangled on a country estate last week. Julie Montagu, also known as Viscountess Hinchingbrooke had her 10-year-old Indian runner duck attacked by a terrier on the grounds of Mapperton House in Dorset, before its female dog owner brutally broken the bird's neck and tossed its body into the long grass. Following the savage attack, witnessed by a gardener, the Viscountess appealed for information on her Instagram page and was inundated with over 2000 messages and emails. The 50-year-old influencer, who has not yet gone to the police or the RSPCA under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, wants the dog walker to come forward to 'apologise and [offer] an explanation'.

Quackers (circled), a white runner duck who was over 10 years old, was attacked by a terrier dog on the grounds of Mapperton House in Dorset. Julie Montagu (pictured), 50, owned Quackers along with two other pet ducks. The birds are a popular tourist attraction at the country estate. A gardener who witnessed the incident reported seeing the dog drop the duck before its owner picked it up by its neck. She was then seen to strangle Quackers before throwing her lifeless body into long grass.