Disfigured female ducks at the park... : (

[RosemaryDuck]

Where in FL? I am also in FL

It's in lakeland. Lake morton is the name of the park/area.

 

[SolarDuck]

Wow.... that's a lot of domestic ducks in the pictures on Google maps there... its actually only about an hour from where I am. Seeing the swans make me think maybe the city bought the ducks and put them there too? The domestic ducks there look to be in a little bit worse shape than the ones at my local park. There sure are a lot of them there I might check it out eventually.

 

[RosemaryDuck]

Wow.... that's a lot of domestic ducks in the pictures on Google maps there... its actually only about an hour from where I am. Seeing the swans make me think maybe the city bought the ducks and put them there too? The domestic ducks there look to be in a little bit worse shape than the ones at my local park. There sure are a lot of them there I might check it out eventually.

I don't think the city puts them there. They did purchase the swans, because the mayor LOVES swans. There's probably about 30 swans there total, plus babies. The ducks are very frequently dumped there. There's a few articles about it in the news. People also dump parrots and other birds there as well. It's really ashame. I wish they'd put up cameras or something.

 

[Lordofthegreenpeas]

Wow.... that's a lot of domestic ducks in the pictures on Google maps there... its actually only about an hour from where I am. Seeing the swans make me think maybe the city bought the ducks and put them there too? The domestic ducks there look to be in a little bit worse shape than the ones at my local park. There sure are a lot of them there I might check it out eventually.

Swans are extremely expensive I doubt anyone would dump one. I bet they out a few ducks there and than everyone saw them and wanted to dump their ducks there.. It's breeding season so unfortunately there's going to be quite a few hurt females.

 

[CHlCKEN]

Wow.... that's a lot of domestic ducks in the pictures on Google maps there... its actually only about an hour from where I am. Seeing the swans make me think maybe the city bought the ducks and put them there too? The domestic ducks there look to be in a little bit worse shape than the ones at my local park. There sure are a lot of them there I might check it out eventually.

There’s a local pond near me with a similar situation. Dumped ducks, wild ducks, and ducks that were brought there on purpose (it’s a cemetery I assume it was to make it some sort of peaceful place to visit)

Anyway, no one actually cares for the ducks and once when I was visiting I found this gal with a badly messed up/possibly broken wing. You can see it just sticks up, and it’s not just the feathers, her whole wing looked horrible and bloody.

 

[CHlCKEN]

There’s a local pond near me with a similar situation. Dumped ducks, wild ducks, and ducks that were brought there on purpose (it’s a cemetery I assume it was to make it some sort of peaceful place to visit)

Anyway, no one actually cares for the ducks and once when I was visiting I found this gal with a badly messed up/possibly broken wing. You can see it just sticks up, and it’s not just the feathers, her whole wing looked horrible and bloody. View attachment 2591623

The things floating in the water is just the mealworms I brought them

 

[RosemaryDuck]

Another update: Wonderful news! The mayor just responded and said he would be sending a team out to check them out.

I won't be posting an image of the email here, as it contains personal information, but I just wanted to let everyone know!

 

[Miss Lydia]

That's awesome! Congrats to you! It would be so nice if they would let people adopt the domestic ones, they aren't meant to live in the wild. Please keep us updated.

 

[RosemaryDuck]

That's awesome! Congrats to you! It would be so nice if they would let people adopt the domestic ones, they aren't meant to live in the wild. Please keep us updated.

I agree. I would have taken those 2 injured ones in a heartbeat. I do hope they can catch them and get them on the road to a speedy recovery! It would be wonderful if they could adopt all the domestic breeds out.

 

[Miss Lydia]

There’s a local pond near me with a similar situation. Dumped ducks, wild ducks, and ducks that were brought there on purpose (it’s a cemetery I assume it was to make it some sort of peaceful place to visit)

Anyway, no one actually cares for the ducks and once when I was visiting I found this gal with a badly messed up/possibly broken wing. You can see it just sticks up, and it’s not just the feathers, her whole wing looked horrible and bloody. View attachment 2591623

Got room to adopt some?