According to the DNR, mute swans are an invasive species that endanger wildlife, destroy wetland habitats and threaten humans. Mute swans are not to be confused with trumpeter swans, which DNR say ...

Maryland mute swans lost in court. The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected an argument by the Humane Society that asked to overturn a 2004 District of Columbia Circuit ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation counted, during its 2017 mid-summer swan survey, 2,150 wild mute swans downstate and 327 upstate. They are New York’s largest birds ...

Mute swans are identified most notably by their bright, orange-colored bills and are aggressive toward humans and other wildlife. They also destroy wetland habitat and are an invasive waterfowl ...

Mute swans, which are native to Europe and Asia, were released in the United States starting in the late 1800s as an ornamental species. This type of swan is the only one that breeds in Indiana.

Mute swans originated in Europe and Asia and were brought to the United States by wealthy homeowners who wanted ornamental waterfowl on their properties. But some escaped, started reproducing and ...

Cerimele said she hopes the swans move toward a pond as the ocean is not a suitable habitat for the birds. The mute swans are not prepared for the high salt content in the ocean water.

I applaud Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s action to save the mute swans, and I find the objections expressed by a recent letter writer highly unreasonable [“NY must address invasive mute swans,” Dec ...

The assemblyman is not alone in his quest to save the mute swan from state-sanctioned annihilation. GooseWatch NYC — a group spawned by the infamous Prospect Park goose massacre — has started a ...

Mute swans are identified most notably by their bright, orange-colored bills and are aggressive toward humans and other wildlife. They also destroy wetland habitat and are an invasive waterfowl ...