Jun 9, 2009

Maryland DNR ready to kill mute swans



(Baltimore Sun) - State officials are about to go after the last of the mute swans - beautiful to some, a menace to others - living in Maryland. In what many believe will be the final word in a long fight, Secretary of Natural Resources John Griffin on Monday accepted the report of a task force on the swans, saying that his staff is "unfortunately compelled" to continue population control efforts on the fewer than 500 birds still living on the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. Continued


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