The Detroit News
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is investigating the deaths earlier this month of two trumpeter swans found with gunshot wounds at a state park in Macomb County.
Officers said on the DNR s Facebook page they suspect the adult and juvenile swans were shot as they attempted to land on a pond at Wetzel State Park. Their bodies were discarded in nearby tall brush between Dec. 4 and Dec. 5, the post said.
Trumpeter swans are a threatened species in Michigan and are illegal to hunt.
Wetzel State Park is a 900-acre undeveloped recreation park in Macomb County used for hiking, snowmobiling, cross-country skiing and hunting, according to the DNR.