This article appears in Dec 6-12, 2007.
Swan enemy
The other day, as we were walking through the Public Gardens in downtown Halifax, we stopped to admire the swans. We noticed three maintenance workers working in the pond where the swans were. The curious swans were an annoyance to the workers, and the w
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So the workers weren’t fucking Swan-Whisperers! Have you ever been biten by a swan? The length of a rake is about as close to a swan as I’d want to get.
Swaaaannnnnnniiiieeeeee, howIloveya,howIloveya, my dear ol’ Swaaaaaannnnniiiiiieeeeee!!!!!
I don’t think there is any excuse for that type of behaviour. The workers were in the Swan’s home/space and there was no need to get physically agressive with them. I doubt they were circling like sharks just waiting to take a bite out of the two workers, they probably just wanted to see what was going on.
Getting bit by a swan is no fun, but there was no need to hit the poor thing.
Hey, while we’re saving the swans could we do something about the knucklehead duck feeders? Last I checked ducks were supposed to migrate. I’ve walked past/around the Public Gardens for the past season and I’m constantly seeing these idiots throw entire loaves of wonderbread over the fence to feed these “starving” walking rugby balls. Seriously, I’ve seen people do this in the dead of night and then drive away. I thought about taking a license plate one day and if not for a very thin thread of sanity I might have actually reported someone. For now the internet will have to do.PS. To the douchbag in the garden gator car who rode on over to tell my friend he couldn’t walk his bike through the park, keep up the good work. Asshat.
what the fuck is an asshat?swans make me nervous, if they got too close to me i’d shoe (sp?) them
Shoo and Hit are two very differant things, either of which I would have done if I were those workers. swans are vicious! Fucking Bird loving, bare footed, tree huggers
Wow…this was a really intelligent/productive set of responses wasn’t it?
i love birds, i like being barefoot, occasionally i communicate with trees, no this does not make me a fag or pussy, i am a compassionate human being, i have respect for all life even the ignorant hateful lost souls of which there are many
i love birds, i like being barefoot, occasionally i communicate with trees, no this does not make me a fag or pussy, i am a compassionate human being, i have respect for all life even the ignorant hateful lost souls of which there are many
One swat with a swan’s wing could literally break your arm… Was the dude in the gator cart an old guy? He actually told me ‘if this was baseball, you’d only need one more strike to be out’; referring to a) I had walked my bike in and had parked it on the very edge of the gravel, and b) was lying on the grass reading…So much for ‘public’ parks, you can’t even sit on the fucking grass. I think they should ban strollers and wheelchairs..those buggers are WAY more dangerous than bikes!..