Central New York village faces decision on exotic mute swans

White swans have an outsize presence in this upstate New York village measuring less than 2 square miles. Residents say it’s hard to imagine Manlius, near Syracuse in Onondaga County, without the European mute swans that have inhabited a pond in the village center for more than 100 years. Until recently, they didn’t have to.
But the killing of one of the village’s swans in 2023 set off a battle with regulators that is forcing Manlius to make a difficult decision about the birds’ future.

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