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Planet Ark World Environment News - in partnership with Colonial First State Swan Keeper Niess Watches Swans Sitting In Boats After He And Council Workers Rounded Up Them From Alster Lake In Hamburg

Date: 24-Nov-09
Country: GERMANY
Author: REUTERS

Swan Keeper Niess Watches Swans Sitting In Boats After He And Council Workers Rounded Up Them From Alster Lake In Hamburg Photo: Christian Charisius
Photo: Christian Charisius

Swan Keeper Niess Watches Swans Sitting In Boats After He And Council Workers Rounded Up Them From Alster Lake In Hamburg

Swan keeper Olaf Niess watches swans sitting in boats after he and council workers rounded up them from Hamburg's inner city lake Alster November 23, 2009.

Every year the swans are collected from waterways around the northern German city of Hamburg and taken to winter quarters where they are fed and cared for until the spring.

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