The Newest, Cutest Baby Animals from the World's Zoos & Aquariums
Six Trumpeter Swan cygnets were hatched at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo last week. The largest North American bird, Trumpeter Swans vanished from most of the United Sates over 100 years ago due to over hunting and lead poisoning. In 1996 the Ohio reintroduction program was started by the Ohio Division of Wildlife and the Zoo. The father of these new cygnets was part of this program and all six of these cygnets will eventually be released into the wild.
Beautiful birds. Lead poisoning is from the birds picking up lead shot from the ground. Eagles are dying out west from lead poisoning, and scavenger birds who eat what the hunters leave behind. Until the ammunition makers quit using lead in their ammo, birds will continue to die from lead poisoning.
To whom should I either request the use of their photos here, or to whose credit should I give these photos, provided it is only for use in an Ornithology class to demonstrate precocial young and natal down?
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