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  • Killing swans is a bad idea

    02/21/2014 12:39:27 PM PST · by Innovative · 24 replies
    CNN ^ | Feb 21, 2014 | Carl Safina
    "Take a good look at them," I said, "because the state plans to exterminate them." I kind of agree with the department's main reason for exterminating New York state's resident mute swans (by the way, that's the species' name, because they're usually silent). Non-native species often pose problems. I just have two problems with the plan. One, I don't think mute swans are really too much of a threat to anything or anyone in New York state. They live mainly on Long Island and the lower Hudson, with a few on the Great Lakes. They number just around 2,200 birds,...