also people could feed them bread not knowing they are pets, which will negatively affect them in the long term. if one of your drakes mates with a mallard hen then ducks that can’t take care of themselves will be born in the wild
i wouldn’t let them go to a pond alone, unless it’s on your property and nobody will bother them.
when i take my ducks to the park, i let them swim in the pond while i supervise. they are human imprinted and will come back, but for safety we use a duck harness (and long leash). they also each...