Owner bereft after state takes away her pet duck

Seattle Times ^ | August 17, 2005 | Maureen O'Hagan

[johniegrad]

And we did not elect what we have in the mansion today, remember

The fight was not taken as far as it should have been. Your electorate is responsible.

[goodnesswins]

Auburn is "conservative?" We just moved here....from about 10 miles away in Tacoma.....didn't realize that! WHERE are YOU MarMema?.....approximately....LOL.

[Hot Tabasco]

Different breed. This duck was a Mallard, a native wild species, not breed of farm duck.

As a high school science project, my nephew was given a mallard duck egg and when it hatched, he was the imprinted parent. He raised it at home and it was literally a pet and followed him everywhere when outside. Unfortunately "Maverick" had a deformed wing and couldn't fly and eventually died at about 2 years old due to an improper diet that was not forseen by the vet...........

[goodnesswins]

And, YOU in Minniesoda should talk!

[BipolarBob]

FROGTOWN CONSERVATIVE sent me Freepmail telling me it would "be safer" for me to stay in general chat. LOL. Is this guy something or what.

[johniegrad]

We elected a Republican governor. The whole governor's race in Washington pisses me off still. They just kept counting the votes until the Democrat won. Yes, I'm in Minnesota but this situation in Washington was troubling.

[Michael.SF.]

SO, WHY A DUCK:

Hammer: Now here is a little peninsula, and here is a viaduct leading over to the mainland.
Chico: Why a duck?
Hammer:I'm all right. How are you? I say here is a little peninsula, and here's a viaduct leading over to the mainland.
Chico: All right. Why a duck?
Hammer:I'm not playing Ask-Me-Another. I say, that's a viaduct.
Chico: All right. Why a duck? Why a--- why a duck? Why-a-no-chicken?
Hammer:I don't know why-a-no-chicken. I'm a stranger here myself. All I know is that it's a viaduct. You try to cross over there a chicken, and you'll find out why a duck. It's deep water, that's viaduct.
Chico: That's-why-a-duck?
Hammer:Look ... Suppose you were out horseback riding and you came to that stream and wanted to ford over there, you couldn't make it. Too deep.
Chico: But what do you want with a Ford when you gotta horse?
Hammer:Well, I'm sorry the matter even came up. All I know is that it's a viaduct.
Chico: Now look ... all righta ... I catcha on to why-a-horse, why-a-chicken, why-a-this, why-a-that. I no catch on to why-a-duck.
Hammer: I was only fooling. I was only fooling. They're going to build a tunnel in the morning. Now, is that clear to you?
Chico: Yes. Everything---excepta why a duck.

[darkwing104]

FROGTOWN CONSERVATIVE sent me Freepmail telling me it would "be safer" for me to stay in general chat. LOL. Is this guy something or what.

Ask him if he likes kitties?

[goodnesswins]

You're in MINNIE....and it PISSES YOU OFF? How do you think we all feel here.....I can't wait until the NEXT ELECTION......

[goodnesswins]

Frogtown is a little GREEN to be lecturing on thread postings....

[burzum]

Liberals get the government they vote for. I would imagine this woman probably is a democrat. She has been stiffed by the very people she would have elected. Remember this is Washington. These people deserve each other.

Unfortunately, I know too well being that I live in Seattle. Eventually I will have to leave to move to someplace more reasonable (though Washington is almost tolerable with their gun laws--at least compared to states like California, New York, and Illinois). Being that I grew up in Montana (the most libertarian state in the union in my opinion--with a little batch of conservatism), I see the idiocy with unclouded eyes. I think most Washingtonians would radically change their political views if they spent a year in Montana. They honestly don't see the harm they are causing.

[MarMema]

Out off the Auburn-Black Diamond Road. Are you in town here now?

It's very conservative, by the measurements I use. You can start with the mayor telling off CPS at a public meeting over a sex predator home they wanted to put here. The Boy Scouts thrive in Auburn, with the highest numbers and best supported area in the Seattle Council. The parade for Veteran's Day is the largest this side of the Rocky Mts and well supported. Lots of military vet groups with much support here as well.

[microgood]

(1) How did they find out to begin with? The snitch needs to be found and ousted from the premises.

(2) There are way too many Fish and Wildlife agents. A significant reduction is necessary in that agency.

[Wonder Warthog]

Hey, the "jack-booted thugs" are everywhere, in all branches and bureaus of government.

[Ramius]

I got a freepmail from Mister Frog as well.

Seems to be wound a little tight this evening.

[Trteamer]

The duck laws are being enforced, but not the immigration laws. Lets give all the illegals a duck.

[Wonder Warthog]

"This duck was a Mallard, a native wild species, not breed of farm duck."

I guarantee that there are domesticated Mallards, as well. Some are wild, some ain't.

[HairOfTheDog]

[Macaw]

http://wdfw.wa.gov/enf/enforce.htm

The Enforcment Department has 163 full-time employees. They need to keep busy doing something.

[burzum]

The parade for Veteran's Day is the largest this side of the Rocky Mts and well supported.

Really. I might have to go to Auburn on Vets Day. It would be better than the anti-military protests we will probably see in Seattle.