Week In Review (May 4-10, 2003):
Current News Articles: Additions this week: 9. Cumulative to date: 78. This week witnessed a significant drop in coverage compared to the previous week. Seven of the 9 items related directly to Mute Swan management, and 4 of those emphasized actions being taken by Friends of Animals in opposition to the planned cull in Maryland. Older Online Documents: Additions this week: 0. Cumulative to date: 0.
Current News Item (05/10/03):
Opinion: Mute Swans (Annapolis [Maryland] Capital - 05/10/03): Bill Dollinger, director of the Washington, D.C., office of Friends of Animals takes issue with the Capital's editorial of 04/27/03 in support of the Maryland DNR's Mute Swan management plan, proclaiming it "short on science and ethics, but correct on one point--shooting swans will result in passionate protests." Dollinger also repeats the FoA refrain that this is simply a ploy by the DNR to "provide hunters with one more trophy bird."
http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/live/05_10-03/OPN
Thursday, May 08, 2003
Current News Items (05/08/03):
The True Face of Mute Swans--A Letter to FoA from Talbot County, Maryland (Friends of Animals - first noted 05/08/03): In a letter dated 05/06/03, Maryland resident (and probable FoA member) Jean Hearn relates personal experiences with a pair of Mute Swans and suggests that commercial crabbers and clam diggers are more destructive of submerged aquatic vegetation than are Mute Swans.
http://www.friendsofanimals.org/swan/letter.htm
Death Sentence for Mute Swans Not An Easy Decision (Bay Weekly [Maryland] - 05/08/03): In his Chesapeake Outdoors column, C. D. Dollar supports the Maryland DNR plan to kill 1,500 Mute Swans, but levels criticism at opponents such as Friends of Animals and Save Maryland's Swans for offering "little but emotionally charged rhetoric and erroneous jargon."
http://www.bayweekly.com/year03/issuexi19/chesoutxi19.html
The True Face of Mute Swans--A Letter to FoA from Talbot County, Maryland (Friends of Animals - first noted 05/08/03): In a letter dated 05/06/03, Maryland resident (and probable FoA member) Jean Hearn relates personal experiences with a pair of Mute Swans and suggests that commercial crabbers and clam diggers are more destructive of submerged aquatic vegetation than are Mute Swans.
http://www.friendsofanimals.org/swan/letter.htm
Death Sentence for Mute Swans Not An Easy Decision (Bay Weekly [Maryland] - 05/08/03): In his Chesapeake Outdoors column, C. D. Dollar supports the Maryland DNR plan to kill 1,500 Mute Swans, but levels criticism at opponents such as Friends of Animals and Save Maryland's Swans for offering "little but emotionally charged rhetoric and erroneous jargon."
http://www.bayweekly.com/year03/issuexi19/chesoutxi19.html
Wednesday, May 07, 2003
Current News Item (05/07/03):
FoA’s Comments on the Mute Swan Management Program (Friends of Animals - first noted 05/07/03): A virtual reproduction of FoA’s formal written comments on the Maryland DNR’s draft Mute Swan Management Plan, signed by FoA president Priscilla Feral and dated 09/19/02.
http://www.friendsofanimals.org/swan/comments.htm
FoA’s Comments on the Mute Swan Management Program (Friends of Animals - first noted 05/07/03): A virtual reproduction of FoA’s formal written comments on the Maryland DNR’s draft Mute Swan Management Plan, signed by FoA president Priscilla Feral and dated 09/19/02.
http://www.friendsofanimals.org/swan/comments.htm
Tuesday, May 06, 2003
Current News Item (05/06/03):
Cash Offered for Swan-Kill Film (Washington [D.C.] Times - 05/06/03): Repeats the news, first reported on 04/30/03, that Friends of Animals is offering a $1,000 reward for video footage of Maryland wildlife officials killing Mute Swans. This story by S. A. Miller includes new quotes from FoA director Bill Dollinger and Maryland DNR associate director Jonathan McKnight.
http://washingtontimes.com/metro/20030506-79708202.htm
Cash Offered for Swan-Kill Film (Washington [D.C.] Times - 05/06/03): Repeats the news, first reported on 04/30/03, that Friends of Animals is offering a $1,000 reward for video footage of Maryland wildlife officials killing Mute Swans. This story by S. A. Miller includes new quotes from FoA director Bill Dollinger and Maryland DNR associate director Jonathan McKnight.
http://washingtontimes.com/metro/20030506-79708202.htm
Monday, May 05, 2003
Current News Item (05/05/03):
Options Are There for Ridding Shore of Mute Swans (Easton [Maryland] Herald-Democrat - 05/05/03): In his Up the Creek column, Keith Walters reports that "several community associations like the Severn River Association and the South River Federation have endorsed the [Maryland] DNR's Mute Swan Management Plan."
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7917296&BRD=2101&PAG=461&dept_id=392208&rfi=6
Battleship Cove Gets a Birds-Eye View (Fall River [Massachusetts] Herald-News - 05/05/03): Located in Fall River, Massachusetts, Battleship Cove has historic U.S. Navy vessels on display for educational tours by the public. Staff reporter James Finlaw says that a pair of Mute Swans has built a nest (and the female is currently incubating 7 eggs) on a work float lashed to a pier that abuts the destroyer Joseph P. Kennedy. The swans themselves have become part of the tourist attraction, and the facility's staff looks out for them.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7914676&BRD=1710&PAG=461&dept_id=99784&rfi=6
Options Are There for Ridding Shore of Mute Swans (Easton [Maryland] Herald-Democrat - 05/05/03): In his Up the Creek column, Keith Walters reports that "several community associations like the Severn River Association and the South River Federation have endorsed the [Maryland] DNR's Mute Swan Management Plan."
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7917296&BRD=2101&PAG=461&dept_id=392208&rfi=6
Battleship Cove Gets a Birds-Eye View (Fall River [Massachusetts] Herald-News - 05/05/03): Located in Fall River, Massachusetts, Battleship Cove has historic U.S. Navy vessels on display for educational tours by the public. Staff reporter James Finlaw says that a pair of Mute Swans has built a nest (and the female is currently incubating 7 eggs) on a work float lashed to a pier that abuts the destroyer Joseph P. Kennedy. The swans themselves have become part of the tourist attraction, and the facility's staff looks out for them.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7914676&BRD=1710&PAG=461&dept_id=99784&rfi=6
Current News Items (05/04/03):
Drive Slowly in Swan Zone (The Lakeland [Florida] Ledger - 05/04/03): In Lakeland, Florida, four pairs of Mute Swans have abandoned the traditional nesting area in a grassy strip between Lake Morton and a busy street that encircles the lake to nest across the street, thus putting themselves and motorists in jeopardy. The lake harbors 120 swans, including 65 Black Swans, 44 Mute Swans, and 3 Black-necked Swans.
http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Site=LL&Date=20030504&Category=NEWS&ArtNo=305040418&Ref=AR&Profile=1004
The Week That Was (SunSpot [Baltimore (Maryland Sun] - 05/04/03): In this recounting of significant news events of the preceding week, the news that "Marhland officials began shooting Mute Swans on the Chesapeake to reduce operpopulation" was the last of 13 items listed for The Region.
http://www.sunspot.net/news/opinion/perspective/bal-pe.diary04may04,0,5688127.story?coll=bal-perspective-headlines
Drive Slowly in Swan Zone (The Lakeland [Florida] Ledger - 05/04/03): In Lakeland, Florida, four pairs of Mute Swans have abandoned the traditional nesting area in a grassy strip between Lake Morton and a busy street that encircles the lake to nest across the street, thus putting themselves and motorists in jeopardy. The lake harbors 120 swans, including 65 Black Swans, 44 Mute Swans, and 3 Black-necked Swans.
http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Site=LL&Date=20030504&Category=NEWS&ArtNo=305040418&Ref=AR&Profile=1004
The Week That Was (SunSpot [Baltimore (Maryland Sun] - 05/04/03): In this recounting of significant news events of the preceding week, the news that "Marhland officials began shooting Mute Swans on the Chesapeake to reduce operpopulation" was the last of 13 items listed for The Region.
http://www.sunspot.net/news/opinion/perspective/bal-pe.diary04may04,0,5688127.story?coll=bal-perspective-headlines
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