Someone abandoned 25 muscovies in a lake near my house?

[studentjh55]

What should I do?

I live in nj

 

[subhanalah]

Call the wildlife department.

 

[Going Quackers]

That is terrible! yes, i would contact your local wildlife rescue.

 

[Kleonaptra]

Wildlife will probably refer you to animal welfare or animal rescue unit. In Australia our wildlife departments cant handle domestic animals. The poor things, I cant believe someone would do that!

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

It always amazes me, not in a good way, that anyone would think it was okay to just dump and abandon animals like that.

 

[Going Quackers]

But people often dump dogs, cats etc as ducks and chicken become more popular i see no reason why they wouldn't become part of this equation, sadly.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

But people often dump dogs, cats etc as ducks and chicken become more popular i see no reason why they wouldn't become part of this equation, sadly.

I don't disagree - spend much of my time each year cleaning up the messes of others who dump animals at or near our property.....which is why I have such strong reactions to situations where people propose to do such things.
Duck dumping is actually is a very common problem - happens all over the place (about two months after Easter is peak season, go figure). It is destructive to the local ecology, dangerous for the domestic birds and native species alike and is flat out irresponsible on so many levels it isn't funny.

 

[Going Quackers]

I don't disagree - spend much of my time each year cleaning up the messes of others who dump animals at or near our property.....which is why I have such strong reactions to situations where people propose to do such things.
Duck dumping is actually is a very common problem - happens all over the place (about two months after Easter is peak season, go figure). It is destructive to the local ecology, dangerous for the domestic birds and native species alike and is flat out irresponsible on so many levels it isn't funny.

Absolutely, it's not as common around here but ducks are usually ordered or bought through auctions, swaps etc.. so they are not quite as ready to order as in some places.

 

[subhanalah]

Wildlife will probably refer you to animal welfare or animal rescue unit. In Australia our wildlife departments cant handle domestic animals. The poor things, I cant believe someone would do that!

since muscovies are considered native to the US, they fall under the migratory birds act (or something maybe I have the name wrong) so the wildlife department would be the first call, they are technically now a "feral" population and will likely be rounded up and destroyed. That's why you don't do stuff like this. If they don't destroy them, this happens.

Sorry guys! I didn't mean to post without much explanation... But time was very limited and I wanted to get this girl in a quiet and clean environment. Sadly she evaded capture and I didn't want to stress her more than she already was. I understand all of the things each of you have mentioned. I live in a part of Dallas that haas a huge duck dumping issue. And I noticed this girl two days ago. I wanted to grab her and her friend and treat the bloody wound on her neck keep them separate from my birds and possibly De-louse them. We were being interviewed by a local station a out the dumping issue and it was a prime chance to take her in without the police on patrol making us stop. None of them want to be to be filmed stopping someone from getting her to a safe place. Again, it didn't pan out, and I'm sorry for making people concerned for my own flocks safety. I just needed some help treating the wound on her neck. We have a serious problem at our lake. These were taken this week..

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I'm attempting to rescue this girl tonight. What are treatments I should consider on her neck? First lake rescue and ... Tips? I won't be putting her with my other ducks obviously, but want her to feel safe.

Miss Lydia advised that I post something here about how we are going about addressing the abuse and neglect of our wildfowl at our local lake. This is so sad and I hope that you all can join together to address this. I realized that as one person I cannot do anything alone, so I formed a group called "Friends of Mingus Park" (FOMP) ---which focuses on the health and safety of the birds (and all lake critters!) FOMP has been slowly gaining speed for over a year now. We started after seeing entrenched abuse of the wildlife, with kids and often teens kicking, throwing rocks, etc. at the birds. One injured older goose was lame and could not get away from the unleashed dogs or kids who were trying to hit her with sticks. Often the parents or grandparent of the "offender" witnessed the behavior and yet did nothing or laughed! That is what really got me going. First I talked to other visitors at the park and got to know what they had seen or were seeing. Many said the abuse had gone on for so long that that is all they remembered...going back over 20 years. We banded together. We met and had coffee at the park, made business cards, developed a list of witnessed abuses toward the wildlife. We developed a mission statement and goals and objectives. We decided we could do "non violent educational opportunities using "teachable moments," so that when one of us saw something inappropriate we would intervene and suggest alternative, healthy behaviors toward the birds. We needed help to rescue the goose who we named "Joey," and have her seen by a veterinarian. So we elicited the help of one of our wonderful veterinarians. Her staff arrived with two other strong men to help in the rescue, as she is a large beautiful Embden. They captured Joey and she was evaluated by the vet. It turned out she had osteomyelitis and a long cut on her chest about 6 " long and 1 inch wide! The vet treated her and we gave her antibiotics for a month twice a day. Joey is now a permanent resident at my house, and has become my favorite pet of all time. She is one of the lucky ones. We continued to go to city council meetings, meeting twice a month to develop our plans. We posted letters to the editor and press releases announcing our thanks to the city for various items related to the wildlife at the park. We showed the city that we want to work WITH THEM and not expect the city to just meet all of our demands without our hard work. We found other successful models around the country where healthy food dispensers had been established, and contacted the companies to get information. We found that one company will come out for free and install dispensers and then the city and the company split any profits made. We brought information and these resources to the city. During a freeze where the geese were stranded on "Geese Island" because of the ice, we brought straw and food out to the island for them, using our own meager funds to purchase the items. The park head engineer walked the large garbage cans of straw and food out to the island himself, with it on his head! We bring bagged wildfood pellets out to the park and set up a table with our FOMP banner-- handing out the bags of healthy food to kids and all who are interested. This last week and just yesterday, we followed up with the city and the Parks commission--- we had delivered a petition to them almost a year ago---requesting that there be dispensers of healthy wildfowl pellets with signage attached describing what is considered abuse toward wildlife. We also requested that a mesh grill be placed over the larger drainage grill each Spring to prevent newly hatched ducklings and goslings from getting washed down into the drain. Making the park a "No Fishing" designation was our third request. Now the ducklings have hatched, and there is still no mesh grill, as the improvements at the park are dependent upon grant funds which are not in yet. BUT WE NEEDED HELP NOW to address this. So we contacted the mayor and the head of public works, and they responded that there will be a mesh grill within a week. THIS JUST HAPPENED YESTERDAY-- and we are so happy and thankful that our city officials have listened to us! I think that the bottom line is that none of us could have done anything alone. We needed each other to band together to support each other if nothing else. And the most amazing thing is that most of us FOMP'ers are grandmas over 60 years old!
http://www.friendsofminguspark.com /
Good luch with your work, and have fun in the process!!!!!
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