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Lakeland’s Swans, Descendants of Queen Elizabeth II’s Gift, Get Annual Health Checkup

Lakeland staff conduct the 45th annual health check on 54 swans descended from a pair gifted by Queen Elizabeth II to replenish the local population.

Summary by MY Northwest
LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — Dozens of swans descended from a pair gifted to the central Florida city of Lakeland by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II in the 1950s were rounded up Tuesday for their annual health checkup. The 54 swans were scooped up in a net by a parks and recreation staffer in a boat on Lakeland’s Lake Morton. They were placed in temporary pens and taken to an animal hospital to prepare for their examinations. At the animal hospital on Wed…

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MY Northwest broke the news in Tacoma, United States on Tuesday, October 28, 2025.
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