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Article: RESIDENTS NEAR LAKE FEAR FOR FUTURE OF SWANS THEY SAY ANIMALS ARE BEING STRANGLED BY FISHING LINES
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- July 7, 2003
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The elegant family of four glided peacefully across Framing-ham's
Gleason Pond on a warm morning last week, just days after the
violent deaths of at least two of its youngest members.
From her dining room table, Nicola Cataldo peeked at the swans
through her binoculars - she has a pair in every window - and
expressed frustration over what she calls "senseless killings."
According to neighbors, three of the family's baby swans, called
cygnets, died late last month, two when they became entangled in
discarded fishing lines. The cause of death for the third, which went
missing and is presumed dead, is unclear, though some speculate it
ingested broken glass or other hazardous material.
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