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Federal Government Announces Plan to Cancel All Permits to Kill Mute Swans in Response to Fund for Animals Lawsuit
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September 17, 2003
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 /U.S. Newswire/ -- This morning in federal
court, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service made the startling
announcement that it will withdraw all permits to kill mute swans
nationwide.
The announcement comes just eight days after Judge Emmet Sullivan
granted a request by The Fund for Animals to block the State of
Maryland from killing hundreds of swans throughout the Chesapeake Bay
while The Fund's lawsuit was pending. The new decision by federal
officials will apply not just to Maryland, but to dozens of permits
to kill tens of thousands of mute swans throughout the United States.
"This is a colossal step for thousands of graceful and majestic
mute swans," said Michael ...
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