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I felt the same way. It asks "why don't we eat swans any more?" but as far as I can tell in the US we never did, and in fact the closest thing to an answer is j

I felt the same way. It asks "why don't we eat swans any more?" but as far as I can tell in the US we never did, and in fact the closest thing to an answer is just that we never got in the habit. I get the impression the excess swan problem in Michigan is a recent thing, probably a result of a decline of some swaniferous predator.

jqm 12y ago
LOL@swaniferous predator. Maybe they could introduce cold hardy alligators to Michigan? But then there would be two problems....
qbrass 12y ago
People buy them as a pond decoration, then turn them loose when they become aggressive as adults.
taejo 12y ago
swaniferous (swan-bearing) =/= swanivorous (swan-eating).
JoeAltmaier 12y ago
Ironic: HN folks quibbling about a bad article title.
lotsofcows 12y ago
Heaven forfend the article could be addressed to mankind! Obviously it was addressed to USAians and was given an odd title by mistake. That's definitely the intuitive, obvious, straight-forward possiblity.