Comments on: Absolutely Quackers – ECDC To Suffocate Ducks

By: Matt and Sarah

Matt and Sarah — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 20:16:04 +0000

We went to Ely for the first time and one of the best bits were the ducks!

By: Steph and Leanne (coecc)

Steph and Leanne (coecc) — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:03:20 +0000

We are doing an IT project on the ducks in Ely as we feel that they are a something that makes Ely different from all the other nearby towns!! Our research shows that people around Ely, that enjoy walking by the river, will miss the ducks if they go as they feel that they are a quality and not a hinderence to Ely!!

Leanne and Steph x.x.x

By: John McCullough

John McCullough — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 13:01:50 +0000

I spotted a pair with their chicks outside Ely Tescos recently. So much for oiling eggs. Anyway, I like them.

yours

John
ps here is the picture to prove it http://www.flickr.com/photos/grytr/256594970/

By: Mary McGuire

Mary McGuire — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 11:37:18 +0000

Putting aside the ethical questions…. I thought they were culling ducks because they were spreading off the river into other parts of the city. Maybe I’m wrong but if this is true, they’ve culled the wrong ducks! The ones in and around the city are still there, it’s only on the actual river, where numbers have reduced.

By: Leonie

Leonie — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 21:31:44 +0000

The ECDC are nothing more than murderes, we went to Ely the other day and there was hardly any ducks about, the way it was put in the paper and on the news I expected to be tripping over them at every turn.

Muscovys are very missunderstood ducks thay are friendly and wag there tails as a dog would, the huffing noises thay make is there way of talking and when they seem to be pecking at us its their way of trying to play and they don’t realise that it hurts some times.

We have several male, female and baby ducks in our garden and we love them.

By: Sara Spillett

Sara Spillett — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 13:51:18 +0000

I am just so sick of hearing about hearing about ‘wildlife culls’!

Why can’t we just leave them alone… each species can balance itself without our interference.

Just look at our own track record. We have overpopulated the majority of this world, and pushed other species to the point of extinction in doing so.

WE are the only species who don’t have ‘self control’.

WE are the only species who don’t adapt to our environment and it’s available resources… instead we push it to it’s very limit and then back again.