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Okay, I know this is a long time to have waited before I posted the results. It took them a long time to figure out what to do with the duck. If anyone is interested, the duck is happy and healthy. They eventually found someone who has mallards. Took them a long time to settle on what was...

To clarify, the release question wasn't because I really wanted it just to be released. I want to 1) have something to tell the "owners" (i.e. don't just release it yourself because it won't fare well) 2) think about getting the permit (or verifying the breed if that's even possible) and...

Well, the duckling was very loving and friendly until about the last week when it started to just run away from people. I'll have to tell them to look into the other duck breeds, but it sounds like it might be wild. My problem is that I can just see it as an excuse for my neighbors to complain...

Ooops, did I leave that out? They've had it at least a month by now. Cuddling it, loving it, and letting it roam the house every day of that month or more. It now pecks at the cats and dogs when they come too close. I like the idea of the wildlife rehabilitator except that I don't think they...

First of all, I live in Pennsylvania if that matters for any of the issues involved here. I know a family that found a duckling maybe a month or so ago. It was blown into their window well during a violent storm that had produced some tornadoes. It was totally alone when it was found. The...