This is not an isolated incident. Swans are also being killed in KY. http://birding.aba.org/message.php?mesid=585630&MLID=KY&MLNM=Kentucky David A. Brinkman, M.Ed. Cincinnati, OH (sw. Hamilton county) Please view my new blog at brinkmanbirds.blogspot.com On Thursday, December 26, 2013 10:13 AM, Harley Quinn <[log in to unmask]> wrote: I went ahead and reported it to ODW and it is under case # 8858. Let me know or call them at the poaching line if anyone goes to collect the swans or take them to Anjelica. I am hoping they are still there so that they can investigate who did this and what happened. Sincerely, Sarah Reynolds On Thursday, December 26, 2013 7:03 AM, Paul Hurtado <[log in to unmask]> wrote: They should definitely be reported to a wildlife officer, and at a minimum be transported to one of the specimen collections (contact Angelika Nelson at OSU; Jed Burtt at Ohio Wesleyan; Andy Jones at Cleveland Museum of Natural History). Good birding, Paul Hurtado On Dec 25, 2013 2:02 PM, "Christina Voise" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Just a guess but possibly someone's dog killed them and the owner put the > birds in the cans. I suggest reporting it to the Franklin county wildlife > officer. > Christina Voise > Delaware County > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Dec 25, 2013, at 3:55 PM, Jay Frye <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > I'm in Columbus for the day and took a walk around Antrim Park and found > a > > couple of dead trumpeter swans in trash cans. It seemed quite puzzling. > Who > > on earth would have wrangled these things into trash cans? They were in > > consecutive cans in corner of the lake to the far left from the parking > > area. > > > > Any ideas what happened? > > > > Jay > > > > > > -- > > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > > Please consider joining our Society, at > www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. > > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > > > > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > > listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Please consider joining our Society, at > www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]