Bad Luck for Ducks

In the past few years, the National Zoo in D.C. has lost tens of ducks and birds from attacks by animals such as foxes.

For wild animals, the zoo is essentially a giant box of Skittles. The zoo ducks are all gathered in a pen, their wings are clipped, and the electrified fence around them provides as much protection as a plastic wrapper provides against a two-year-old who learned how to take off Mommy’s mittens. Taste the rainbow…Northern Pintail, Teal, Mandarin…