"Duckling classic has real-life sequel
It was the children’s classic “Make Way for Ducklings’’ come to life: A mother duck and her 11 babies briefly stopped traffic in Boston after they needed a little help crossing the road. State troopers came to the aid of the webbed clan around 9 a.m. Thursday after receiving a request to help the ducks near the Boston University campus, said David Procopio, State Police spokesman.
Now THAT OUTLAY of TAX DOLLARS I DO NOT MIND!
The ducks were trying to cross Storrow Drive to get back to the Charles River, but traffic was too heavy. “We stopped traffic on the eastbound side of Storrow Drive,’’ Procopio said. “The mother duck and her 11 babies did cross the road, and we’re happy to report they made it safely back to the river.’’
:-)
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Quack-quack!
A dozen mallard ducklings are being cared for by Christine Ponte and her family after the mother duck was struck and killed in a parking lot (Gretchen Ertl for The Boston Globe)"
FLASHBACK:
Duck Soup:
"DA cites cost of appealing duck ruling
The Bristol district attorney says that because of budget constraints, his office will not appeal a judge’s decision nullifying the conviction of a man who was accused of running over a mother duck leading her ducklings through a mall parking lot.
And he was LAUGHING will doing it?
FLASHBACK:
"Acushnet man charged with killing duck released on personal recognizance
Police and witness statements who say Linhares laughed and sped away seconds after he ran over the duck.... A woman who was stopped at the intersection near where the incident occurred said Linhares smiled at her, then sharply turned his vehicle and sped directly at the ducks.... As Linhares drove by after the incident, the woman said he smiled and laughed. He left the parking lot, even though witnesses were yelling at him to stop....
A store surveillance video, which appeared to corroborate the witness statements that Linhares smiled and laughed as he drove off.... After the incident, the security officer walked outside to the parking lot and gathered the 12 ducklings and their dead mother into a box.
I'm having a hard time keeping a grip on myself right now.
I know they are "only" animals and not people, but do you not think they feel pain?
Can't sense their mommy is dead?
According to Dartmouth Animal Control, the mother mallard had been nestling for at least five years in a retention pond behind BJ's and Home Depot at the Dartmouth Town Center. Every spring, traffic on Faunce Corner Road would halt as the mother led her ducklings down the ramp from Sears and across the road to the Paskamansett River.
Never again (sob)!
And he even looks Jewish!
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And ONCE AGAIN a JEW GETS SPECIAL TREATMENT from the COURTS, huh?
Related: The Ugly Duckling (and Other Bedtime Stories)
“If this was a different time, we would appeal this decision in a heartbeat,’’ District Attorney C. Samuel Sutter said in a statement yesterday. “But the reality is that my office is dealing with a $700,000 cut during this fiscal year to its budget and we are down seven positions due to those cuts.’’
How about an eye for an eye then?
I'll drive!
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