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Wild Duck Stuck in Six-Pack Can Holder
Maryland Officials Stymied in Bid to Help Wild Duck Stuck in Plastic Six-Pack Can Holder
The Associated Press
FREDERICK, Md. - A wild duck with a plastic six-pack holder stuck on its head is proving hard to help. Frederick County Animal Control has sent officers to Baker Park on seven occasions in vain attempts to catch the female mallard and free her from the plastic rings, agency director Harold Domer told The Frederick News-Post Monday.
The duck flies away whenever people approach it.
"We cannot capture the duck," Domer said. "People are under the impression that we can walk up and just apprehend them, remove it."
Karina Blizzard, associate director of the DNR's Wildlife and Heritage Service, said her agency probably would assist in capturing the duck if asked.
"If it looks like it'll impede the animal's ability to survive, we'll go out," she said.
Domer said the duck can breathe, fly and eat despite its unsightly headgear.
Blizzard recommended that people cut the rings on six-pack holders before throwing them out.
Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Copyright © 2005 ABC News Internet Ventures
Wild Duck Stuck in Six-Pack Can Holder
Maryland Officials Stymied in Bid to Help Wild Duck Stuck in Plastic Six-Pack Can Holder
The Associated Press
FREDERICK, Md. - A wild duck with a plastic six-pack holder stuck on its head is proving hard to help. Frederick County Animal Control has sent officers to Baker Park on seven occasions in vain attempts to catch the female mallard and free her from the plastic rings, agency director Harold Domer told The Frederick News-Post Monday.
The duck flies away whenever people approach it.
"We cannot capture the duck," Domer said. "People are under the impression that we can walk up and just apprehend them, remove it."
Karina Blizzard, associate director of the DNR's Wildlife and Heritage Service, said her agency probably would assist in capturing the duck if asked.
"If it looks like it'll impede the animal's ability to survive, we'll go out," she said.
Domer said the duck can breathe, fly and eat despite its unsightly headgear.
Blizzard recommended that people cut the rings on six-pack holders before throwing them out.
Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Copyright © 2005 ABC News Internet Ventures
