It is easy to play Monday morning quarterback. These people are doing the jobs they were trained to do...The USDA WILDLIFE SERVICE removes Canada geese and nobody says boo about it.
I think there are hundreds of swans now on the bays of Lake Ontario. I don't remember this being true in the past. I don't know what environmental damage they may cause in these current numbers. Maybe they interfere with nesting of other waterfowl. I was told that a few years ago some of them were "retired" on Irondequoit Bay, discretely, by men in uniforms. This was told to me by a resident of the bay, that is all I know. jperch
mergansers can be legally shot during duck season......the truth about these swans is ,they were tame ,you could feed them out of your hand .