There is an ugly underground plan to kill the Mute Swans and replace them with Trumpeter Swans as the next "trophy" hunting target - the largest North American bird. The claim is Mutes are exotic and Trumps are natural to the area; also that Mutes are more aggressive and "dangerous" - nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, there has NEVER been any environmental impact study done on this - NOT ONE. In Maryland, where this nonsense started, a few thousand Mute swans were blamed for the Chesapeake's environmental problems - despite the fact that pig and chicken farm run-off and industrial waste has been ruining the area for years. This is nothing more than a falsified withchhunt of a harmless and beautiful bird by the DNR and F&WS to shore up a declining hunting business and save their own jobs. These swans and about 100 other birds were removed from the protection of the Migratory Bird Act by people who snuck this amendment by an unsuspecting Congress...