{"id":39982,"date":"2025-04-22T03:15:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T03:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/39982\/"},"modified":"2025-04-22T03:15:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T03:15:11","slug":"lakeland-acquires-six-white-mute-swans-to-enhance-genetic-diversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/39982\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakeland acquires six white mute swans to enhance genetic diversity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAKELAND, Fla. \u2014 In an effort to introduce fresh genetics into the local swan population and diversify the gene pool, the City of Lakeland recently acquired six new White Mute Swans.<\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1745291710_897_\" alt=\"swans\"  width=\"1280\" height=\"960\"\/><\/p>\n<p>City of Lakeland<\/p>\n<p>According to the City of Lakeland, this helps with the long-term health, vitality, and resilience of the flock. It also helps prevent inbreeding and supports disease resistance.<\/p>\n<p>The City states that Mike Araldi, the President of Quest Air Services, volunteered to fly his private plane to Chicago to retrieve the swans from a respected breeder. This trip was at Araldi\u2019s own expense, as a gift from him to the community.<\/p>\n<p>The last time White Mute Swans arrived in Lakeland by plane was in 1957. <\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1745291710_199_\" alt=\"swans\"  width=\"1280\" height=\"1108\"\/><\/p>\n<p>City of Lakeland<\/p>\n<p>They were a gift from Queen Elizabeth. The Swans here today are their descendants.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mediaassets.abcactionnews.com\/image\/VideoModule\/GEN_AAN_728x150.jpg\"\/><br \/><b>Pope Francis passes away at the age of 88.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Death of Pope Francis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAKELAND, Fla. \u2014 In an effort to introduce fresh genetics into the local swan population and diversify the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39983,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3846],"tags":[22741,22745,22746,22747,267,22748,22749,22750,22742,70,22743,16,15,22744],"class_list":{"0":"post-39982","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-genetics","8":"tag-abc-action-news","9":"tag-diversifying","10":"tag-fresh-genetics","11":"tag-gene-pool","12":"tag-genetics","13":"tag-lakeland","14":"tag-mike-araldi","15":"tag-pilot","16":"tag-polk-county","17":"tag-science","18":"tag-tampa-bay-local-news","19":"tag-uk","20":"tag-united-kingdom","21":"tag-wfts"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114379445365903538","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}