Friday, August 25, 2006

DNR walks out of swan meeting with angry residents

From the Milw Journal Sentinel (click here)

...The state is trying to reintroduce native trumpeter swans to Wisconsin, Ryan said, and mute swans, known for their occasionally aggressive nature, can bully the trumpeters.

"They are an introduced bird. They're not native and having them in the wild upsets the balance and creates the unnatural interaction," Ryan explained.