[Leica] OT swan advice requested

[douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)]

Hi Simon,

in Germany, the Fire Brigade is called out to break 
some larger holes in the ice.

It's considered to be an animal cruelty offence if they 
don't.

Swans used to be a delicacy on the tables of the gentry 
- which doesn't actually mean that they have to taste 
nice:-)

The legendary Yorkshire Pie involved boning a swan, a 
goose, a hen, a pheasant, a grouse and a partridge and 
putting them all inside each other and roasting the 
whole thing with a lark as stuffing for the partridge.

Cheers
Douglas

On 02.12.2010 10:33, simon jessurun wrote:
> l.s. hi
> in holland we have unusually low temperatures at the moment together woth a
> strongish wind.
> This causes the surface waters to freeze over rapidly.
> I have about 25 swans behind my house who in a few days have seen the free
> water reduce from a few hundre meters to a puddle of mayb 30 by 10 of your
> feet.
> To a layman like me this looks like a major swan emergency.
> Is there anuthing one might do to help with their survival? Just let the 
> lot
> die seems a bit cruel.
> Do they taste nice?
> kind regards
> Simon Jessurun
> Amsterdam
> The netherlands
>
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