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Should CA Let Hunters Kill the Invasive Mute Swan
Season 2025
Episode 443
Mute swans have jumped from about 1,500 in 2022 to 12,000+ and threaten Delta wetlands. A bill would let hunters and landowners shoot them; it passed the Assembly and awaits the Senate, drawing animal welfare pushback.
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