Wildlife rescuers raise funds for ducks dumped in city parks
BY GABRIELLE GUZ
A newborn duckling swimming in the pond at Prospect Park is a picturesque sight, but according to Mary Beth Artz, it’s not always as sweet as it seems. Some of the ducks you see at parks around Brooklyn aren’t wild at all — they’ve been abandoned there with little chance of survival.
Along with a group of volunteer wildlife rescuers, Artz, a founding member of Wildlife Interests, Learning and Development, has been rescuing waterfowl dumped in parks around the city for the past six years.