HUDSON, Wis., Nov. 26 (UPI) -- People familiar with a swan treated for a shotgun wound said it managed to reunite with its mate 60 miles from where it was released in Wisconsin.

The male swan was found bleeding in the Fish Lake Wildlife Area south of Grantsburg, Wis., in late October and was taken to the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota in Roseville, where it was treated before being released near Grantsburg Nov. 9, the St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer-Press reported Friday.


Rescuers said the swan's mate was nowhere to be seen at the time of the release, but Barry Wallace of Hudson, Wis., about 60 miles from the release site, said he saw the swan together with its mate near his home.

Wallace said the two swans visit Hudson each winter and have previously raised offspring in the area.

"He looks fantastic," Wallace said. "I knew he had been released in Fish Lake and he hadn't found his mate up there, so I was glad to see they were back (together)."