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Quack quack, they'll be back
Ducks are to banned from a village pond in Wales. Ananova.com reports that the mallards have been branded a menace by the council because they eat all the frogspawn. As a result there are no frogs, newts or sticklebacks in the pond. Villagers are furious that their beloved ducks are being relocated, and an RSPB spokesperson admitted: “The main problem with ducks is that if you relocate them there is nothing to stop them from flying back.”
This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .
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