Source: New York Post
Nearly 500 ducks are looking for a new place to waddle after the owner of a troubled Southern California rescue sanctuary surrendered the birds following allegations of overcrowding and improper care — with local animal activists squawking that the situation is more “fowl” than the public knows, and that officials should have acted sooner. The Riverside County Department of Animal Services is currently scrambling to find homes for the 480 or so webbed waifs given up by Howard Berkowitz, founder of “The Duck Sanctuary” in Anza — after agency employees reported severe overcrowding at the site. In a statement, the department wrote that they had “been aware of the property owner’s intent to maintain an animal sanctuary for the birds, but recent investigations revealed the need for action to remove the animals from the property due to improper husbandry.
