Mute Swan Advocacy

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The purpose of this petition is to facilitate a request to State and Federal officials for a formal investigation and review of the NJ Division of Fish and Wildlifes policy and procedures as related to the public trust concerning the actions recently taken by that agency in the killing of 55 Mute Swans in Mannington Meadows, Salem County, New Jersey. The explanation provided by the Assistant Director of that Division was that killing was done for the dual purpose of population thinning of an non-native species and for sampling for avian flu (H5N1).

Mannington Meadows and its expansive waterways have been supporting generations of wildlife for decades and have been one of the primary homes in New Jersey for the Mute Swan. The area of Mannington Meadows is famous as a wildlife habitat that attracts local residents as well as tourists wishing to see these majestic birds in their natural environment.

According to the CDC website there have been no cases of avian flu ever reported in the United States in either humans or fowl which makes these excuses disingenuous and the action of mass eradication of these valued and elegant birds an outrage and breach of the public trust.

381 Signatures

  • Lucinda R. Lewis
    • zipcode
    • 08069
    • wildlife affiliation with address
    • Layton's Lake, Inc.
    • private lake resident and lake name ;address
    • 772 Harding Highway, Carneys Point, NJ 08069
  • Marion Ritzendollar
    • zipcode
    • 08069
    • wildlife affiliation with address
    • Layton's Lake, Inc.
    • private lake resident and lake name ;address
    • 772 Harding Highway, Carney's Point, NJ 08069
  • F W Lewis
    • zipcode
    • 08077
  • G Philip Lewis
    • zipcode
    • 08098
  • Sean Christie
    • zipcode
    • 08069
    • private lake resident and lake name ;address
    • Layton's Lake
  • Kathryn Caldwell
    • zipcode
    • 08098
    • private lake resident and lake name ;address
    • 16 Ashbrooke Ave, Woodstown, NJ 08098 (Memorial Lake, Woodstown)
  • Bill Schockel
    • zipcode
    • 08069
    • wildlife affiliation with address
    • Layton's Lake Inc.
    • private lake resident and lake name ;address
    • Layton's Lake, Carneys Point, NJ
  • Laura Smith
    • zipcode
    • 08069
    • wildlife affiliation with address
    • Layton's Lake Inc.
    • private lake resident and lake name ;address
    • Layton's Lake, Carneys Point, NJ
  • Carol Ann Burkert
    • zipcode
    • 08098
    • comments
    • I was appalled at this blatant disregard for the lives of these swans.
  • D. Stuart Cline
    • zipcode
    • 08070
    • comments
    • I support this petition and any action it may generate in stopping the NJState hunters in this slaughter. I've read the newspaper articles on this subject and found the justifications unacceptable.
  • D. Stuart Cline
    • zipcode
    • 08070
    • comments
    • I support this petition and any action it may generate in stopping the NJState hunters in this slaughter. I've read the newspaper articles on this subject and found the justifications unacceptable.
  • Chris Pedrick
    • zipcode
    • 08098
  • Charles Erhardt
    • zipcode
    • 08069
    • private lake resident and lake name ;address
    • Layton's Lake
  • Ann Vashay Pedrick
    • zipcode
    • 08098
    • wildlife affiliation with address
    • 575Eldridges Hill Road
  • S R Wills
    • zipcode
    • BA14 4PU
    • comments
    • In England you would be prosecuted for killing swans.
  • Carol Shields
    • zipcode
    • 08065
    • comments
    • I am a lover of wildlife...was born and raised in Salem County and am deeply concerned about our environment and saving our wildlife
  • Richael Windfelder
    • zipcode
    • 08079
  • Maureen Tierney
    • zipcode
    • 40361
  • Tara
    • zipcode
    • 08226
  • Sina Kurman
    • zipcode
    • 08001
    • wildlife affiliation with address
    • wildlife sculptor/carver/artist -variety of preservationists
    • private lake resident and lake name ;address
    • Alloway Lake-befriended a pair of mute swans for 14 years -THEY WERE MUCH SMARTER THAN HUMANS
  • Kathleen Dieal
    • zipcode
    • 07726
  • Doris C. Smith
    • zipcode
    • 01504
  • Charlotte A. Brown
    • zipcode
    • 19709
    • comments
    • If looking for Avian Flu, was a statistical sampling taken of the swans or just a massacre.
  • BONNIE POWERS
    • zipcode
    • 08070
    • comments
    • THIS WAS CRUEL& UN NECESSARY
    • wildlife affiliation with address
    • MANNINGTON MEADOW
  • Richard Heeren
    • zipcode
    • 08098
  • Glenn Johnson
    • zipcode
    • 08065
  • Shirlee Cappelletti
    • zipcode
    • 02766
    • comments
    • Please help save these precious gifts from God
  • Cathy Clark
    • zipcode
    • 08069
    • private lake resident and lake name ;address
    • Laytons Lake
  • Lori Pace
    • zipcode
    • 08302
    • comments
    • I in no way approve of unnecessarily killing or torturing any animal, it is inhumane.
  • Robert J. Borneo
    • zipcode
    • 08067
  • Richard T Neuroth
    • zipcode
    • 08098
    • comments
    • This is so sad. I have enjoyed these beautiful birds for years. They have always been a asset to our county and state. How can this have happened and been allowed. What are we becoming when we allow such savage killings.
  • Jean Heeren
    • zipcode
    • 08098
  • Sandy Maxwell
    • zipcode
    • 08098
    • comments
    • I HAD enjoyed watching the swans as I drove passed the meadows. I feel their execution to be unacceptable!
  • michelle patti
    • zipcode
    • 08079
  • jim thorpe
    • zipcode
    • 08069
  • DIANNE LUCIANO
    • zipcode
    • 08069
    • private lake resident and lake name ;address
    • LAYTONS LAKE
  • Erich Beckwith
    • zipcode
    • 08302
  • Kathryn Burton
    • zipcode
    • 06333
  • Marsha Charlton
    • zipcode
    • 08318
  • Alan Maier
    • zipcode
    • 08302
    • comments
    • The action of the F&SNJ Wildlife management attempting to change something that has already been changed, redundant isn't it...?
  • Estelle Lyons
    • zipcode
    • 33811
  • Morton Lyons
    • zipcode
    • 33811
  • Robert Oglesby
    • zipcode
    • 08098
  • Carol Orange
    • zipcode
    • 21635
  • James Orange
    • zipcode
    • 21635
  • David R. Watts
    • zipcode
    • 08069
    • comments
    • please protect the muted swan and other waterfowl
    • private lake resident and lake name ;address
    • Laytons Lake, Carneys Point, NJ 08069
  • Ed Troupe
    • zipcode
    • 08070
  • Judy Walker
    • zipcode
    • 08069
    • comments
    • I am from the Channel Islands UK and I am shocked at what I read is going on in this beautiful part of N J and of such a majestic creature
  • Betty Hampton
    • zipcode
    • 20815
  • Linda Erdman
    • zipcode
    • 08027