Is it legal to take a baby duck from a public pond?

[chuckachucka]

I'm sorry but after reading this thread all i can imagine is someone chasing some ducklings round and round a pond, like something straight from a comedy sketch.

 

[Chickassan]

If its ok with the pond owner or whoever controls the property and you're set up to care for ducks and you can catch everyone "lordy that's alot of ands" I don't see an issue with it. The owner or caretaker might even offer assistance if the birds aren't wanted. You'll never know unless you find out who's in charge and ask.

 

[chuckachucka]

on a more serious note, if you'd willing and able to give a small family unit of wild (ish) animals a safer home with a better diet and it ISN'T illegal, I say go for it.

 

[Mysimplewyominglife]

Chuckachuka I thought that to thb, but still it's a vaild question about whats legal whats not and what is morally right etc.

 

[Wolfefarmyard]

pvaldes that is a very cheap shot. if you can't add something useful don't post.

They just added some humor to their opinion.

 

[Mysimplewyominglife]

They just added some humor to their opinion.

What you think is humor could be taken as defermation of character. You could take what they said previously and assume they are calling the op a theift even if they have done no wrong and add this to it to re-enforce their view of the op as a theift. But that's my take on it and tbh personally I find it in poor taste.

 

[pvaldes]

Is a cheap question with an obvious answer. No. Is not legal. I bet that there is not even overpopulation to support the idea. Park animals learn quickly that there is food at some places in some particular hours and will concentrate there. If you go at a different hour you'll find the same birds diseminated all around the park.

When somebody steals one duckling in a public park, other people will feel justified to start doing the same. Free ducklings for all, and free goldfish also. We all know how this history ends.

 

[pvaldes]

The truth is that cities spend a lot of money to support that living collection of exotic birds. Having fourty species of exotic ducks, rare pheasants and varieties of chicken for your pleasure and education is an asiatic luxury that should be cherished and supported by any people posting here. Not much people have the resources to build a big pond in their property and to feed a big collection of bird species. Not to mention the incredible luck of having an expert on exotic birds and poultry in your city.

This kind of projects close often when hit repeatedly by vandalism. Merely removing a duckling can jeopardize the future of the entire exotic species in the park. What if the removed duckling was the only male survivor in the group? He will distress the mother and force their brothers to split and diseminate (making they suddenly vulnerable to gulls and herons) whereas the mother is distracted trying to rescue the first duckling.

 

[Mysimplewyominglife]

Is a cheap question with an obvious answer. No. Is not legal. I bet that there is not even overpopulation to support the idea. Park animals learn quickly that there is food at some places in some particular hours and will concentrate there. If you go at a different hour you'll find the same birds diseminated all around the park.

When somebody steals one duckling in a public park, other people will feel justified to start doing the same. Free ducklings for all, and free goldfish also. We all know how this history ends.

Pvaldes no actually it's not a simple question wither you like to think other wise that's your choice.while yes we do not know if it is or is not over populated the op is asking about domesticed duck breeds that are now living in a area that may or may not cause various issues with real undomesticated bird breeds. As for feed do you agree junk like bread and crackers is fine?

Also it's not stealing if you get approval from whom ever is in charge of the land which the op is looking into. The issue is complicated and at lest the op is asking for advice and is doing the right thing if they are indeed seeking out approval. I find your jump to basically calling the op a theift when they have done nothing wrong in poor taste.

While I admit they could have worded things differently it still does not give anyone the right to label a person a theift for asking a complicated question.

May I ask what country are you from.

 

[WVduckchick]

I'd love to see pics of the ducklings and the pond