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Welcome to our Screening Room!Don't believe the hype or should you when it comes to the controversy surrounding the release of hybrid ducks into the wild. Learn about what happens when a wild and domestic duck mate to produce an offspring that ends up at the Lindsay Wildlife Museum in Walnut Creek, just East of San Francisco. This video includes some rotoscopic animation that accompany a sad folk tale song. (An excerpt of ANIMAL CRACKERS produced by KEA Productions).Find out more about WADU (Wildlife & Animal Documentaries Unleashed) HYBRID MALLARD DUCKIt was quite a trip to see all the birds, predators and prey, coexisting in the mews (where the birds stay- falconry term). The keepers perched them at different levels when on exhibit to reduce anxiety levels of the various birds. Most of the birds had been psychologically and physically injured and were considered non-releasable. The animal I identified with the most was the hybrid mallard duck at the Lindsay Wildlife Museum in Walnut Creek. Being interracial, I sympathized with the apparently healthy duck that was destined to live a life in captivity due to its mixed genetic heritage. The hybrid mallard duck was part wild mallard duck and part domestic duck. I could not find any conclusive evidence either from my interviews or independent research that proved that the release of the otherwise healthy bird would endanger the health of the other birds or itself, solely because of its hybrid heritage. The duck had been domesticated, and as with any animal, habituation to people to such an extent would put an animal at risk when trying to survive in the wild because it may not know how to hunt, escape from predators, or attract a mate, etc. One thing I learned that most people do not realize, is how harmful bread and crackers are to ducks. Many people think they are doing something nice when they share crumbs with ducks at a local pond; however, since ducks are water birds, the bread that they ingest expands in their crop- a storage area part of their digestive system. As they soggy, mouldy bread expands, it blocks good food from being absorbed or digested. As a result, the duck ends up starving. So, DON'T FEED THE ANIMALS!
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