5/09/2004
The duck problem
Odd laws -- in Florida if you get one of the new state-issued permits give people license to catch mallards you must kill them. None of this nmaby-pampy bit about relocating them.
"The only thing you can do with a captured mallard is kill it," said Diane Eggeman, a waterfowl management leader with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. "We are trying to get that changed."
Plus: The Muscovy menace --
"We have a saying that the Muscovy eats a pound and poops a pound and a half," Constantin said. "A pair can raise up to 8 or 12 young a year, so they multiply very quickly."
"The only thing you can do with a captured mallard is kill it," said Diane Eggeman, a waterfowl management leader with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. "We are trying to get that changed."
Plus: The Muscovy menace --
"We have a saying that the Muscovy eats a pound and poops a pound and a half," Constantin said. "A pair can raise up to 8 or 12 young a year, so they multiply very quickly."
