No reprieve for ‘invasive’ mute swans

See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Vanessa OgleThe Brooklyn PaperBrooklyn’s mute swans may be silenced for good.

Gov. Cuomo vetoed a bill on Dec. 17 that was aimed at halting the Department of Environmental Conservation’s controversial plan to exterminate all mute swans in the state by 2025, putting the swans of Prospect Park and Sheepshead Bay back in the state’s crosshairs.

An animal-rights activist who is fighting to save the species said the governor’s decisio