[va-bird] Re: Washington Post article re Mute Swan culling (7/3/03)
- From: Icepeep@xxxxxxx
- To: FrenchC@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 09:10:14 EDT
In a message dated 7/3/03 7:50:02 AM Central Daylight Time,
FrenchC@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
"U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials said yesterday that they plan
to allow states to slaughter more than 80 percent of mute swans in U.S.
waters to curb the birds' consumption of underwater grass beds that
sustain fish and bird populations."
They don't look like Starlings, but they are. If they weren't big, beautiful,
elegant birds, it never would have come to this.
Bob Abrams
McLean, Virginia
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