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A mother swan tries to free a cygnet frozen to the St. Croix River ice in Hudson in 2015, after the young bird was poisoned by lead fishing tackle. The bird was rescued by volunteers but later died. (Photo by Margaret Smith, Trumpeter Swan Society)

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