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Assembly committee advances bill to classify mute swans as non-game birds for management
Summary
A committee advanced AB 764 to allow state wildlife managers to treat mute swans as exotic non-game birds and use additional management tools, with proponents citing rapid population increases and threats to wetlands and native waterfowl.
Assemblymember Jeff Gonzales presented AB 764 on behalf of the author, asking the committee to allow the Department of Fish and Wildlife to manage mute swans as exotic non-game birds. The committee voted to pass the bill to the Appropriations Committee.
The bill's supporters said the move would give wildlife managers better tools to control mute swan populations, which they described as growing quickly…
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