New Angles for Giving Flounder the Hook (Easton [MD] Star-Democrat - 05/02/03) [NOTE: Mute Swan story begins about half-way down page]: In his Up the Creek column, Keith Walters directs "people who may be concerned there is no body of scientific evidence that Mute Swans are destroying submerged aquatic vegetation in huge quantities" to this voluminous report compiled by the Maryland DNR.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7895514&BRD=2101&PAG=461&dept_id=392208&rfi=6
MD DNR Plans to Shoot 1500 Mute Swans on Eastern Shore (Chesapeake Bay Journal - 05/02/03)
http://www.bayjournal.com/03-05/mute_swan.htm
Friends of Animals Mute Swan Petition for Maryland Landowners (Friends of Animals - 05/02/03): Online petition for Maryland landowners opposed to the Maryland DNR "program to kill the Mute Swan population in Maryland waters" on grounds that "it is unethical and based on bad science."
http://www.friendsofanimals.org/petitn.htm
Animal Rights Groups Protest Killing of Maryland Swans (WTVM, Georgia - 05/02/03): In a matter of 2-3 hours, this four-paragraph Associated Press story appeared on the Web sites of 36 TV stations in 24 States. It notes that the State of Maryland has killed 80 Mute Swans to date to preserve the natural habitat of the Chesapeake Bay. Opponents counter that the swans have been made "scapegoats" for other problems plaguing the Bay. Friends of Animals offers a $1,000 reward for videotapes of workers shooting swans and a Connecticut-based group–Save Our Swans USA–plans to file suit in U.S. District Court.
Animal Rights Groups Protest Killing of Maryland Swans (WBAY, Wisconsin - 05/02/03)
Animal Rights Groups Protest Killing of Maryland Swans (WHBF, Illinois - 05/02/03)
Animal Rights Groups Protest Killing of Maryland Swans (KPLC-TV, Louisiana - 05/02/03)
Animal Rights Groups Protest Killing of Maryland Swans (KWWL, Iowa - 05/02/03)
Animal Rights Groups Protest Killing of Maryland Swans (WRIC-TV, Virginia - 05/02/03)
Animal Rights Groups Protest Killing of Maryland Swans (KRNV, Nevada - 05/02/03)
Animal Rights Groups Protest Killing of Maryland Swans (WKBN, Ohio - 05/02/03)
Animal Rights Groups Protest Killing of Maryland Swans (WISH, Indiana - 05/02/03)
Animal Rights Groups Protest Killing of Maryland Swans (WOOD-TV, Michigan - 05/02/03)
Animal Rights Groups Protest Killing of Maryland Swans (WTVO, Illinois - 05/02/03)
Animal Rights Groups Protest Killing of Maryland Swans (KAMC, Texas - 05/02/03)
Animal Rights Groups Protest Killing of Maryland Swans (KAIT, Arkansas - 05/02/03)
Animal Rights Groups Protest Killing of Maryland Swans (KRON4.com, California - 05/02/03)
Animal Rights Groups Protest Killing of Maryland Swans (WHO-TV, Iowa - 05/02/03)
Animal Rights Groups Protest Killing of Maryland Swans (KFOR-TV, Oklahoma - 05/02/03)
Animal Rights Groups Protest Killing of Maryland Swans (WHAG-TV, Maryland - 05/02/03)
Animal Rights Groups Protest Killing of Maryland Swans (WLOX, Mississippi - 05/02/03)
Animal Rights Groups Protest Killing of Maryland Swans (WKYT, Kentucky - 05/02/03)
Animal Rights Groups Protest Killing of Maryland Swans (WAFF, Alabama - 05/02/03)
Animal Rights Groups Protest Killing of Maryland Swans (WSTM-TV, New York - 05/02/03)
Animal Rights Groups Protest Killing of Maryland Swans (WLUC-TV, Michigan - 05/02/03)
Animal Rights Groups Protest Killing of Maryland Swans (WHNT, Alabama - 05/02/03)
Animal Rights Groups Protest Killing of Maryland Swans (WOI, Iowa - 05/02/03)
Animal Rights Groups Protest Killing of Maryland Swans (KRQE, New Mexico - 05/02/03)
Animal Rights Groups Protest Killing of Maryland Swans (WQAD, Illinois - 05/02/03)
Animal Rights Groups Protest Killing of Maryland Swans (WALB-TV, Georgia - 05/02/03)
Animal Rights Groups Protest Killing of Maryland Swans (KFVS, Missouri - 05/02/03)
Animal Rights Groups Protest Killing of Maryland Swans (KESQ, California - 05/02/03)
Animal Rights Groups Protest Killing of Maryland Swans (WCAX, Vermont - 05/02/03)
Animal Rights Groups Protest Killing of Maryland Swans (WAVY-TV, Virginia - 05/02/03)
Animal Rights Groups Protest Killing of Maryland Swans (WHNS. South Carolina - 05/02/03)
Animal Rights Groups Protest Killing of Maryland Swans (KTVO, Missouri - 05/02/03)
Animal Rights Groups Protest Killing of Maryland Swans (WPMI, Alabama - 05/02/03)
Animal Rights Groups Protest Killing of Maryland Swans (KSFY, South Dakota - 05/02/03)
State Starts Shooting Mute Swans on Bay (WBAL [Baltimore, MD] - 05/02/03)
http://www.thewbalchannel.com/news/2174518/detail.html
Shooting of Mute Swans Underway (WJZ [Baltimore, MD] - 05/02/03)
http://wjz.com/localstories/local_story_122073027.html
State Starts Shooting Mute Swans on Bay (Stamford [CT] Advocate - 05/02/03)
http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/local/state/hc-02061401.apds.m0492.bc-ct--mutemay02,0,4366691.story?coll=hc-headlines-local-wire
Action Alert: Protect Maryland's Wildlife (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals - first noted 05/02/03): This action alert incorrectly characterizes Maryland's plan to shoot 1,500 Mute Swans as a measure to "expand hunting" by combining it with two unrelated issues--a bill to allow Sunday hunting of deer and a plan to establish a hunting season on black bears.
http://www.peta.org/alert/automation/AlertItem.asp?id=709
Save Maryland's Swans [Online Petition] (Save Maryland's Swans - first noted 05/02/03): A petition for "Maryland landowners and citizens [who] are opposed to the Maryland Department of Natural Resoruces program to kill the Mute Swan population in Maryland waters" in which SMS threatens to "join other pro-Mute Swan groups and take this matter to court against both the Maryland DNR and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (for issuing the permit)."
http://www.savemarylandswans.org/SMSPETITION.htm
Save Maryland's Swans Website [Under Construction] (Save Maryland's Swans - first noted 05/02/03): Official website of Save Maryland's Swans, a new grassroots organization on the Eastern Shore that was formed to protest the Maryland DNR's Mute Swan management plan.
http://www.savemarylandswans.org
State Begins Shooting Swans (SunSpot [Baltimore Sun] - 05/02/03)
http://www.sunspot.net/news/local/bal-md.swan02may02,0,7027224.story?coll=bal-local-headlines
Friends of Animals Launches Swan-Watch Network to Document Mute Swan Killing by Maryland DNR (Friends of Animals - 04/30/03): According to this press release, FoA is offering a $1,000 reward "for guality videotaped footage of the harassment or killing of Mute Swans by [Maryland] DNR bureaucrats." Additionally, it is "considering legal action" and is "circulating a petition of Maryland landowners to deny property access to the DNR if the swan-killing program is enacted."
http://www.friendsofanimals.org/news/mutes.htm
Sunday Hunting Easy to Defend (Washington [D.C.] Times - 04/30/03) [NOTE: Mute Swan article begins half-way down page]: Gene Mueller regurgitates some of the information from the Maryland DNR press release of 4/22/03, notes that "anti-hunters already are complaining" about the proposal, and suggests that the proposed Mute Swan population reduction "might turn into a big deal."
http://washingtontimes.com/sports/20030430-87310375.htm
One Lesson in History, One on Mute Swans (Easton [Maryland] Star-Democrat - 04/30/03): Thomas F. Norton counters the oft-cited statement that Maryland's Mute Swan population originated from 5 birds that escaped from captivity in 1962 by claiming that swans have been "living wild" on the Eastern Shore since the 1930's, and that he photographed them nesting near the mouth of Elbert's Cove in 1953.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7869644&BRD=2101&PAG=461&dept_id=417987&rfi=8
Petitions Aim to Prevent DNR from Killing Swans (SunSpot [Baltimore (Maryland) Sun]) - 04/29/03): Patrick Hornberger, founder of Save Maryland's Swans and the force behind a petition drive to persuade Maryland DNR to cancel plans to shoot 1,500 Mute Swans, is quoted as saying that the "DNR lacks sufficient information about the swans and their role in the [Chesapeake] Bay's ecology to justify shooting them"
http://www.sunspot.net/news/local/bal-md.swans29apr29,0,1894784.story?coll=bal-local-headlines
Sunday Hunting Allows for Deer Only on Private Property (The Easton [Maryland] Star-Democrat - 04/28/03) [NOTE: Mute Swan article beings with third paragraph]: In his Up the Creek column, Keith Walters discusses Governor Ehrlich's authorization to implement the Mute Swan Management Plan, based largely on the Maryland DNR press release, and call this "another topic that is likely to be a hot one."
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7848733&BRD=2101&PAG=461&dept_id=392208&rfi=6
Citizens Form Group Against DNR Mute Swan Program (Save Maryland's Swans - 04/28/03): This news release notes the formation of a non-profit ctizens' action group--Save Maryland's Swans--to "work with national animal rights organizations to block the State [of Maryland]'s plan to kill off the majority of the Mute Swan [sic]."
http://www.savemarylandswans.org/release042803.htm
Shooting Swans: Unpopular But Necessary (The Annapolis [Maryland] Capital - 04/27/03): This editorial predicts that Maryland "State officials can expect a lot of grief from unhappy residents who enjoy watching the swans," but concludes that the plan to shoot 1,500 Mute Swans is "a reasonable policy" given the amount of tax money going to replenishing the submerged aquatic vegetation–of which Mute Swans consume 10.5 million pounds annually–that is crucial to the health of the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem.
http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/live/04_27-01/OPN
