or Politicians?
“It’s just wrong that we are so squeamish in the U.S. that we won’t do anything to control animal populations “
Muscovy ducks are a hideous invasive species. They out compete the local ducks and drive them to extinction. There used to be duck trucks. You’d call them and they’d trap the ducks and take them away. But the old folks in Florida feed the ducks. An elderly person attacked a duck truck worker trying to capture a duck and then died of a heart attack. The duck truck driver was sued and lost. Now there are no duck trucks. When I called the state to ask what to do (and I don’t recall the office now) the naturalist told me the duck truck story. He said, “don’t quote me. Use whatever disposal technique you can, but if the neighbors see you do it you will be in for a hassle.”
My sister who suffered an infestation of the beasts would hunt down their nests and dispose of the eggs. The stink of the eggs is like a biological weapon; nauseating.