{"id":56112,"date":"2025-10-25T06:57:36","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T11:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/25\/certainly-a-problematic-species-california-to-allow-hunting-of-very-aggressive-mute-swans\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T06:57:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T11:57:36","slug":"certainly-a-problematic-species-california-to-allow-hunting-of-very-aggressive-mute-swans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/25\/certainly-a-problematic-species-california-to-allow-hunting-of-very-aggressive-mute-swans\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Certainly a problematic species\u2019: California to allow hunting of \u2018very aggressive\u2019 mute swans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Officials say move essential to protect wetlands and native waterfowl but some groups call decision \u2018inhumane\u2019<\/p>\n<p>A new law in California will allow year-round killing of non-native swans starting next year \u2013 a move that some officials have said is essential to protect the state\u2019s already diminished wetlands and native waterfowl, but which others have labeled as \u201cinhumane.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mute swans, which have been valued as ornamental birds, have rapidly expanded across California, where wildlife officials say they degrade habitats and aggressively displace native species.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/oct\/25\/california-swans-hunting-rules\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officials say move essential to protect wetlands and native waterfowl but some groups call decision \u2018inhumane\u2019 A new law in California will allow year-round killing of non-native swans starting next year \u2013 a move that some officials have said is essential to protect the state\u2019s already diminished wetlands and native waterfowl, but which others have &#8230; <a title=\"\u2018Certainly a problematic species\u2019: California to allow hunting of \u2018very aggressive\u2019 mute swans\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/25\/certainly-a-problematic-species-california-to-allow-hunting-of-very-aggressive-mute-swans\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about \u2018Certainly a problematic species\u2019: California to allow hunting of \u2018very aggressive\u2019 mute swans\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56112\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}