Family of ducks visits newsagents
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
Image source: http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=144039&in_page_id=34
A friend sent me this story this morning and as it was duck related I thought it would be perfect to start the posting on this new blog.
Metro.co.uk reported that a small newsagents in Bridgwater, Somerset (South West England) were in for a shock when a family of ducks consisting of Mother and 14 ducklings waddled in to the store.
I looked out of the window and saw the ducks crossing the road at the pedestrian crossing,’ said Abbey Saunter, manager of Bridgwater News.
The Metro story then goes onto say how the ducks were huddled into the shop and Miss Saunter (The shop manager) called Animal Rescue volunteers who successfully released them back into the wild.
I found this little story very sweet but it does show our immediate tendency to completely humanize animals. I am sure the ducks had no idea what a newsagent is… and maybe some American readers don’t either (It’s a shop that sells magazines and newspapers). I am sure that these feathery friends were just curious but it would have been great if the mother piked up a magazine and waddled off down the road to the local bakery!
Do you find yourself over humanizing animals?