Friends of Animals Launches Campaign for the Protection and Appreciation of Tundra Swans

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For Immediate Release

Friends of Animals Launches Campaign for the Protection and Appreciation of Tundra Swans

DARIEN, CONNECTICUT, Mar. 1 -/E-Wire/-- Friends of Animals (FoA) is pleased to announce the launch of its multi-year Campaign for Tundra Swan Appreciation and Protection in Pennsylvania.

FoA will promote widespread public appreciation and protection for Tundra Swans in Pennsylvania with the help of area residents and the local media, while a coalition of animal protection organizations, birders, and grassroots supporters conduct and oversee the campaign’s ecotourism and public education programs.

FoA President Priscilla Feral says, “We are going to encourage everyone â€" not just Pennsylvania residents â€" to visit the state’s Tundra Swan resting and migratory staging areas to observe and photograph these birds in their natural habitats. Hopefully, this will be the start of a very large â€" and positive â€" trend toward swan appreciation in Pennsylvania and elsewhere.â€쳌

In March, some large lakes, reservoirs, and rivers in the Commonwealth become outstanding places to observe and photograph Tundra Swans, such as the Susquehanna River at Washington Boro in Lancaster County, Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area in Lebanon County, Blue Marsh Lake and sometimes Lake Ontelaunee in Berks County, Lake Chillisquaque in the PPL Montour Preserve in Montour County, Lake Pymatuning in Crawford County, and wetlands along parts of Lake Erie.

Pennsylvania-based ornithologist and Friends of Animals’ wildlife consultant Donald S. Heintzelman adds, “Tundra Swans are elegant birds â€" among our state’s most spectacular ornithological treasures during their relatively short stopovers here. They should be appreciated for their marvelous natural beauty and wildness.â€쳌

As many as 10,000 Tundra Swans (Cygnus c. columbianus) visit Southeastern Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna River Valley biannually during their long-distance migrations between the Arctic and the U.S. Eastern Seaboard. They are the state’s only regularly occurring native swan species.

To date, the Pennsylvania Game Commission has not proposed or authorized a Tundra Swan hunting season. It has, however, engaged in cooperative studies and has prepared a swan management plan that could signal a move in that direction.

Those who are interested in joining the Campaign for Tundra Swan Appreciation and Protection are encouraged to contact FoA at their national headquarters in Darien, Connecticut. There are ample opportunities for volunteers to become involved.

Friends of Animals is an international animal rights organization with more than 200,000 members, and programs to protect animals around the world.

Priscilla Feral or Charles Chambers Jr., (203) 656-1522, [REDACTED-EMAIL]

http://http://www.friendsofanimals.org

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