Our Young Swan Suffers a Second Attack

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The Young Swan has survived a second attack by Mr. Swan, but only barely. He is injured and needs veterinary care.
The Young Swan is temporarily back at Lyn Fonzo’s swan sanctuary, until a forever home can be found. Photo courtesy Lyn Fonzo.
Katia Mason shares the following, “Tonight the Young Swan was being chased then attacked by the Senior Male Swan in the Harbor. The neighbors at Hawthorne Point ran into the harbor and broke up the attack and protected the young swan.  Thank goodness for Jodi Swenson at Cape Ann Wildlife who got their message and came to help complete the rescue before the tide came in and it got too dark.
Thanks to the Good Morning Gloucester Blog, neighbors had been following the story and knew what was happening. “
Katia Mason Photos
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Documentary filmmaker, photographer, landscape designer, author, and illustrator. "Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly" currently airing on PBS. Current film projects include Piping Plovers, Gloucester's Feast of St. Joseph, and Saint Peter's Fiesta. Visit my websites for more information about film and design projects at kimsmithdesigns.com, monarchbutterflyfilm.com, and pipingploverproject.org. Author/illustrator "Oh Garden of Fresh Possibilities! Notes from a Gloucester Garden."

8 thoughts on “Our Young Swan Suffers a Second Attack”

  1. This should have NEVER happened! He should’ve been allowed by the authorities to go back to the only home he knows, with Lyn Fonzo until a permanent home could be found.

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  4. How can this be let go to happen?! This swan needs protection & a forever home to survive. Thanks to those who were watching. If I had a place,I would step up & provide a home.
    Can Mass Audubon perhaps provide a home, & have the swan be a part of their animal education programming?
    This bird cannot be released into the wild again.

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  5. Any updates- I hope he is feeling better! We could always do a ‘Go Fund Me’ campaign for his veterinary care

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