Meadows of Shame

The good tie young! Cygnet trapped in fishing barb!

By Brooklyn Paper Posted on November 12, 2010

We’ve got another bird down in Prospect Park — a cygnet with a fishing barb through his cute little webbed foot. And we’ve got the video!

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