Is it okay to release these ducks?

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How sad it is that someone was so cruel as to leave them in a plastic bag on the road. They are lucky you found them. If you release them they will no doubt die from being preyed upon, or perish due to not knowing where and how to forage well. Can you take them to someone who already has ducks? We have a livestock auction here in Erie, PA where people sell ducks and other animals. Can you sell them or give them away on your areas FB Marketplace or Craigslist? PLease put some effort into finding them a new home, they will appreciate it, and thank you for caring for them..
 
Ducklinghatcher1948281 said:
So I found these call ducks when they were a few days old in a plastic bag near a road. I took them in and raised them in my house while they got attached to me. They aren’t afraid of humans and they will soon be able to fly. We sadly don’t have room for them anymore because we live in the city and my wants to release them in a place where many ducks reunite. I know that they are call ducks and I want to know if it is a possibility or not to release them Because winter is approaching and it gets very cold here in Montreal. Thank youView attachment 3927714
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Thank you for rescuing the ducklings. How awful that they were abandoned in a plastic bag. I think that your instincts are correct now, or you wouldn't be asking. Ducklings raised as household pets cannot be released even if they were saved from the wild. I rescue rehab and rehome ducks. When I get ducklings that are from the wild [or feral] I try to keep the that way so that they don't get fearless with humans. I have ducks that were rescued and for various reasons -- but usually because they were single little fluffies that were abandoned or left behind by the Mama duck as soon as they hatch, or hatch late after Mama and the clutch mates have already left -- that have to be brooded in the house, and cannot be released to fend for themselves. I generally am able to find homes for the females but the majority of drakes stay with me. Your ducklings are in this situation. They cannot be released to the wild even if they were wild ducks. As they are call ducks which are domestic ducks, an additional reason that they cannot be released to the wild is they do not have the instincts to survive in the wild.

I understand that your own situation means that you cannot keep ducks and yours are ready to live a protected outdoor life as domestic ducks. I think you needed to advertise and find adoptive homes for them. There are social media groups that rescue and rehome ducks, you have to search by "duck rescue" and "duck rehome" to find them. You might ask local wildlife rehabbers if they have any contacts who might take rescued domestic ducks. Wildlife rehabbers in the USA are not allowed legally to take domestic ducks, that may be the same in Canada, but most rehabbers love animals and may well have networks of others who are not wildlife rehabbers will take in and foster or adopt ducks. Do you have a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals? Try asking their advice too.

Thank you for caring!
 
Ducklinghatcher1948281 said:
But if they were mallards for example, would it have been okay to release them?
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Probably not as they have been conditioned to depend on humans and not to fear humans. I rescue, rehab and rehome ducks. Older ducklings rescued from the wild have to remain wild and fearful of humans if I am to successfully reintegrate them to the wild when they are juveniles. Any that are less than a week old and need to be incubated to keep warm, end up domesticated and cannot be released. They have to remain as domestic ducks.
 
kaumlauf said:
How sad it is that someone was so cruel as to leave them in a plastic bag on the road. They are lucky you found them. If you release them they will no doubt die from being preyed upon, or perish due to not knowing where and how to forage well. Can you take them to someone who already has ducks? We have a livestock auction here in Erie, PA where people sell ducks and other animals. Can you sell them or give them away on your areas FB Marketplace or Craigslist? PLease put some effort into finding them a new home, they will appreciate it, and thank you for caring for them..
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I avoid Craig's list as that is the fast route to the cooking pot or to some animals dinner.
 

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