Thanks everyone for your concern about these ducks and geese. I am trying to think of ways to help them. The fastest way to help them would just get people able and willing to adopt them to simply go to the park, catch them, and take them home. Other than that...
My first thought was, I know there are a couple of rescue/sanctuaries in Connecticut and New England that specialize in farm animals. Many of these focus more on horses but a few keep chickens and other smaller animals. I found a website of one yesterday that kept many animals, but their "contact us" page was about adopting animals, not asking if they had room for more... I will keep looking.
Another idea I recently had was to find some people into "permaculture." For those of you who don't know, permaculture is a kind of farming technique/philosophy- kind of like, organic, free-range, pastured, non-gmo, etc. A famous slogan by people who practice permaculture is "you don't have too many slugs, you have too few ducks." Basically permaculture does not like pesticides and would rather use ducks or other natural control. So I was thinking that if I (or anyone else) could find a permaculture group in the area and tell them about this, I think that someone may be more than happy to pick up a few quiet drakes to help with the garden. Since most of the ducks that get dumped are drakes, I think this could work in finding them homes. To be honest I think this is a really good idea, but I'm having trouble finding ways to contact these people. If anyone is a member of a permaculture club/site/forum, maybe you could mention dumped ducks? Even if they live far away from here, it might convince them to check their own local parks, where there may be other ducks.
What do you think? Any more ideas?
I truly think there are enough homes for these animals. It's just finding them that's difficult. There are tons of dog rescue groups, and tons of cat rescue groups, but other animals? Not so much.
I do not live close to the park and have only been there a few times. However I will be trying to go at least one more time, sometime next week. I will bring some corn or other snacks for the domestics- anything besides bread and garbage! I know they will be eating a lot of both today and tomorrow, since a festival is going on.
With a ferris wheel, parade and other chaos, I worry about traffic and animals being chased into the road....
Thank you again everybody. Every little bit helps. If anyone is looking to buy or breed ducks, you might want to check out nearby parks. You may find there are ducks who need homes, maybe even of the breed you were looking for...
