“It’s been one of the only times the council has rung to update me and I’ve been completely speechless.

“There are so many offences here I hardly know where to start.

“Most serious, of course, are the animal welfare and food safety issues.

“We don’t know whether they were humanely killed, we don’t know how they were butchered and whether it was hygienic, so we don’t know if they are fit for human consumption,” she added.

Squire told BBC Radio Norfolk’s Chris Goreham the shooting of wild geese was not illegal – hence it not being a police matter – but the dumping and the numbers involved were not “normal”.

“That’s definitely organised, and we don’t know what they’re doing with the meat,” she added.

Anyone with information on either incident is asked to contact the council.