Reprieve from shooting, gassing, decapitation & egg-addling ALBANY, N.Y.––The New York Department of Environmental Conservation on February 24, 2014 backed away from a plan to kill every mute swan in New York state. The NY/DEC proposed to kill all 2,200 mute swans in the state by 2025, by a combination of methods that could include shooting, gassing, decapitation, and […]