The residents of a small lake north of Lowell have complained about the number of Mute Swans that have taken over their lake.

Mute Swans are an invasive species, and are quite aggressive to everyone and anything in their area.  So, the residents of the lake signed a partition asking the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to do something about the swan population on their lake.

However, the residents were quite horrified when the DNR showed up one morning with “goose guns” and proceed to shoot about 70 of the birds.  I guess the residents expected the DNR to capture and relocate the birds.

Well, at least the DNR picked up the dead birds and disposed of them.  I understand that swan is a delicacy in England.