Mystery of the Toxic Swans

For nine winters in a row a deadly poison has been killing wild trumpeter swans of the West Coast. Forensic investigators confirm more than 21 hundred have died from eating lead shotgun pellets, but they're having trouble proving where the birds find and eat the heavy metal. Wildlife biologists mount a rescue mission, chasing swans away from a toxic trap along the Canada-US border, trying to save lives and solve a forensic mystery.


DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE:

CTV - Saturday, January 24 at 7pm PT/ET

CTV-HD - Saturday, January 24 at 4pm PT / 7pm ET

Discovery HD - Sunday, January 25 at 7 & 10pm PT / 10pm ET

(check local listings)



Directors: JERRY THOMPSON, CHRIS AIKENHEAD
Writer/Narrator: JERRY THOMPSON
Producers: BETTE THOMPSON, LEIGH BADGLEY
Executive Producer: GABRIELA SCHONBACH
Director of Photography: TODD CRADDOCK
Editor: PAUL HARTLEY
Composer: TIM McCAULEY
Animation: MARV NEWLAND & INTERNATIONAL ROCKETSHIP

MYSTERY OF THE TOXIC SWANS was developed and produced by Raincoast Storylines Ltd. & Omni Film Productions Limited in
association with CTV and Discovery HD, with the participation of The Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit, The Province of
British Columbia Film Incentive BC, Rogers Documentary Fund and Rogers Telefund.


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Gabriela Schonbach, Executive Producer
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Tel: +1.604.681.6543

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Thanks for this.

It's listed in the program guides under 'W-Five Presents'.

I watched this during dinner the other night. Mistake. Great program, but not great for the appetite.

Sadly, lead shot is still used illegally by hunters all too often on Vancouver Island. A general lack of resources as well as a long standing feud as to whether it's a provincial or federal responsibility, means that there is virtually no enforcement at all in any of the estuaries on Vancouver island, where most of the waterfowl hunting occurs here.