Friday, October 27, 2006

Trumpeter Swans shot in Wisconsin


© USF&WS

"Rhinelander, Wis. — The Wisconsin DNR is investigating the illegal shooting of a rare trumpeter swan that was found floating in Sevenmile Lake in eastern Oneida County on Sept. 17."

Link: Full Article from Wisconsin Outdoor News

Link: Second Trumpeter Swan shot at Necedah NWR

Link: Teens confess to shooting trumpeter

3 Comments:

At 6:35 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

It is sick how uncaring and stupid people can be. I hope they catch who did it.

 
At 4:19 AM, Anonymous Alan G said...

Mike...

It's check-in time for the Whooper Swans in Scotland. A blogger friend and bird watcher posted this on her blog yesterday and I thought some of your readers might enjoy reading it.

http://whitelees.blogspot.com/2006/10/caerlaverock.html

 
At 12:26 PM, Blogger Mike McDowell said...

Thanks - I'll be sure to check it, too!

Mike M.

 

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