'Nuisance' New York Mute Swans To Get Birth Control Instead Of Being 'Slaughtered' Following Backlash

New York's mute swans won't meet the macabre end lawmakers originally had planned for them. Instead of executing the state's 2,200 mute swans, the State Department of Environmental Conservation, or DEC, will administer birth control to put a lid on the swan population's growth.