Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 09:29:40 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Janet Millenson Subject: Mute Swan sympathizer on ABC MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit My brother alerted me to an ABC News segment last night about Mute Swans in the Chesapeake Bay. The segment described the nature of the problem and showed various DNR folks telling what's being done. Afterwards, the news anchor undermined the whole thing by commenting, "Awww, the poor swans! Can't they just MOVE them?" Try to imagine the same thing being said about snakeheads, for instance, or killer bees (!). I guess it really pays to be one of those "charismatic megafauna." ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================