Another post in my lil educational series here. I do hope it helps. This next piece Is from Carolina Waterfowl Rescue www.carolinawaterfowlrescue.com

Breaking the Bread Habit

Ducks beg for our attention and our food, which makes them hard to resist. It's great fun watching them gorge themselves on our leftovers, but the fact is, feeding ducks bread destroys their health and creates health risks to humans. Once they get a taste for junk food they stop eating the healthy natural foods in their environment.

Feeding domestic ducks living in "wild" settings encourages over-breeding. Ducks become unnaturally aggressive towards each other and a nuisance to humans. They lose their fear and will cross a busy highway to get to people with potential handouts. They die in greater numbers than most people realize because a dead or dying duck is preyed on before the body is found by humans.

Food attracts more than just ducks:

1.) Feeding ducks attracts rats, pests and predators that kill ducks and endanger humans.

2.) Rotting food pollutes the water and breeds deadly diseases and parasites kill all of the ducks. Uneaten food quickly forms a deadly mold called Aspergillus

3.) Ducks defecate at the site of scattered food or bread, bacteria in feces creates much higher risks for illness or disease.

4.) Most waterfowl die-offs in the past 10 years have been attributed to artificial feeding.

5.) Feeding unnatural foods discourages wild waterfowl from looking for foods the need to survive and migrate.


Remember that ducks live much longer when they eat foods growing naturally in their environment. Just as you wouldn..t feed your children or other pets nothing but bread the ducks deserve healthy food so they can live a long and disease free life. It also illegal in most county owned public properties in Mecklenburg County to feed waterfowl.


Still want to feed the ducks?



VOLUNTEER! We have volunteer openings allowing you to feed and care for ducks that need it. We also have fostering opportunities where you can raise domestic duckling until they are old enough to go into our adoption program. We have many other opportunities available as well.

Please contact us at:

Carolina Waterfowl Rescue
PO Box 1484
Indian Trail, NC 28079
(704) 882-6371

www.carolinawaterfowlrescue.com

or email us at waterfowlrescue@aol.com
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On a side note there are lots of lakes and ponds all over the world and many times people dump their domestic waterfowl there for whatever reason so in just about any place there can be found waterfowl who are in need. If you find that there are waterfowl in need of help you can also contact The Duck Rescue Network or Me here on MySpace or at the following:

www.duckrescuenetwork.org/

www.freewebtown.com/quacked

or email us at all_quacked_up@yahoo.com