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submitted 19 hours ago by HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works to c/canada@lemmy.ca

The federal government is considering a proposal to establish a new hunting season for tundra swans in the Prairie provinces — a move that one hunter says could endanger trumpeter swans, a similar-looking, sensitive species.

Proposed changes to Canada's migratory bird regulations would create a new tundra swan hunting season in Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

Tundra swans are hunted in a handful of U.S. states, but in Canada they're currently a protected species at the federal level.

David Duncan, a hunter and retired biologist, says such a hunt could lead to people mistakenly shooting trumpeter swans, a sensitive species that can't be hunted anywhere in North America.

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[-] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 4 points 19 hours ago
[-] FoxyFerengi@startrek.website 3 points 16 hours ago

The closer one is the tundra swan, but there's no way I'd know that in person if they are moving around and such. That hunter is absolutely correct

[-] Drusas@fedia.io 2 points 9 hours ago

I had to zoom in to even see a difference on a screen.

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