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Utah hunters killed 20 rare trumpeter swans by accident this year. Here’s why that matters.

(Al Hartmann | Salt Lake Tribune file photo) Tundra swans fly over Salt Creek Waterfowl Management Area south of Tremonton during their fall migration to northern Utah. Swan hunters this year took an alarmingly high number of rare and protected trumpeter swans, which are difficult to distinguish from the smaller tundra swans in flight.