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With wild waterfowl it is best to contact a local licensed rehabber (you can find lists through your department of wildlife, etc) who is best equipped to raise them in a way that might result in them being able to be released as they should be -- in fact, being in possession of them without proper permits can leave you open to all sorts of issues. The issue is, these may not have been true "wild" ducks given that there are so many populations of released domestic waterfowl in places like where your brother released the ducklings - so they may have been the result of those birds mating.
There are at least five huge lakes in his neighborhood...
hundreds of ducks live their daily..
duck crossing signs (if the mean anything)...benches to sit and watch the ducks...everyone feeds them bread all the time..which drives me nuts...
his back yard butts up agains the gold course which is part of one of these lakes?
so I am guessing he could have left them in his pool but one pf his dogs would probably have killed it...or he could have "dropped" them back off at one of the lakes?
Im sure he did what would be the best thing for them...right?
But darn I would have liked to at least pet them before he "released" them!