This is what happens when you release your ducks in the wild

[Onebroodymomma]

did they ever get a home?

 

[needlessjunk]

did they ever get a home?

They did not and are still alive. They look much better now and seem to be doing as best that they can be. I haven't been back to the park since that instance but my husband ended up having to hike through it for work. It was very frustrating to know that no one really cares about them or any place that does is too far away.

 

[thegawd]

they were quite possibly neglected at there former home and have gotten better since being released.... stupid people! I just hope that they dont reproduce.

 

[HeritageGoose13]

Well just keep spreading the word. I've been trying to find homes for some ducks at a park in CT since April. One of them was just re-homed a week or two ago... Others have died at the park since then, and the rest are still there, BUT at least one has a home. Don't give up. It takes a painfully long time for these things to work out.

 

[casportpony]

The "duck pond" in Palo Alto, CA has tons domestic geese and ducks and although they seem to be okay, I do feel bad for them.

-Kathy

 

[HeritageGoose13]

The ducks always seem okay from a distance but they're not. If you were to go to a park often, and get to the point where you 1. recognized each duck/goose and 2. could get close enough to see them well, you would see that they rarely make it more than a few months. It's just that white ducks all look the same, and since new ones are being continually dropped off, the population does not drop and people think the new ducks are the old ones.
They have all kinds of injuries and diseases. People throw rocks at them or run them over, yes, sometimes on purpose... It's not a good place for them to be. Plus they hybridize with wild birds.

 

[casportpony]

Good point... I don't live close enough to that pond to go often enough and to keep track of the individuals. Please know that I'm not suggesting that turning them loose is okay.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Before I knew better I did catch a Muscovy and brought her home.

No way I'd do that now, lol.

-Kathy

 

[HeritageGoose13]

Good point... I don't live close enough to that pond to go often enough and to keep track of the individuals. Please know that I'm not suggesting that turning them loose is okay.

-Kathy

Yes, I know. I would bring some of them home myself if I had room for more birds and a way to quarantine. It's sad seeing them get picked off and no one does anything.