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Ducks in Kenneth City

click to enlarge BEST CITY PLAGUE: Ducks in Kenneth City - Photo by ALEX PICKETT
Photo by ALEX PICKETT
BEST CITY PLAGUE: Ducks in Kenneth City

Some cities are plagued with rats; others with flies. But tiny Kenneth City on the tip of St. Petersburg’s north side is besieged with Muscovy ducks. These non-native, dull-feathered fowls and their predilection for uprooting gardens and spreading excrement have prompted Mayor Muriel Whitman to declare the town “overrun.” But she refuses to kill them, and trapping the ducks is too expensive for the town’s small budget. So the feathered plague rages on.

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