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Meet
the Mercer Island Muscovies
WHY DO PEOPLE RELEASE THEIR
PETS IN PUBLIC PARKS? Nine very tame ducks were dumped at Ellis Park on
Mercer Island, where they became the victims of local teenage boys who
used them for footballs. Several died. When the neighbors were unable
to get any eastside rescue group to help, they called BaaHaus. We were
fortunate to catch four of the survivors and bring them to Vashon. Aren't
they handsome Muscovy crosses? Muscovies look like a combination turkey/goose,
but they really are ducks, the only
duck native to the New World (from South America). They have strange whispery
voices and like to wag their tails.
