Slaughered Swans' Brood Begins Hatching

needy homeless have swan dinner

BREWSTER, N.Y. -- Three baby swans _ wait, make that four _ have pecked their way out of their eggs, two weeks after their nesting parents were slaughtered in a New York City park. Two remaining eggs were expected to hatch in a day or so, officials said Thursday at Green Chimneys farm, where needy animals are used in therapy for troubled children.