Family 'horrified' when nine ducklings were killed with lawnmower

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Family 'horrified' when nine ducklings were killed with lawnmower
By Kate Jacobson | Sun Sentinel
May 14, 2015 7:26 PM

Like any normal day, Boyd Jentzsch and his son, Kai, put out food for the family of Muscovy ducks that lived outside their Wellington home.

But on May 2 as they watched out their patio door at the mother duck and her 11 ducklings peck at their food, a lawn worker plotted a different fate for the birds, according to an arrest report.

He gunned his riding lawnmower toward the ducks, which were perched on the grass near a tree in the family's yard, and swerved his blades over them, the report stated. Inside, the family of three watched and screamed at what they had just witnessed.

"We were horrified," said Jentzsch. "I couldn't believe it was happening. It was totally disgusting."

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http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/fl-wellington-muscovy-massacre-lawnmower-20150514-story.html

Unreal...

[MineralMan]

1. This happened on their own property?

Was the lawn mowing person someone they had hired? I can't imagine such a thing.

Maybe it's a condo development and the lawn mowing service works for the association. They might not have been in control of what was happening in that case. Either way, that lawn mowing company is in for some major problems, now that this is public. People like the ducks.

[xocet]

2. I don't know. n/t

[MineralMan]

3. I read the story at the link, and couldn't find out either.

I did see that the person was arrested and will be charge. He sounds like a real loser, in general.

My mother-in-law used to live in a condo development. The landscape maintenance company was very careful with the birds on that property. It has ponds and attracts ducks and geese, etc. Nobody harms them. The workers know that they are to avoid harassing them. I can't imagine what happened actually happened. Someone needs to go to jail for a long time over this.

[xocet]

7. Indeed. n/t

[B2G]

4. The guy is in jail

and facing animal cruelty charges. Scumbag needs to rot there awhile.

[narnian60]

6. Definitely.

[LisaL]

9. Based on the video, I think it's some sort of condo development.

It doesn't appear to be owner's personal yard that the ducks were walking on, but some sort of communal property.

[MineralMan]

17. I think so, too.

I imagine that guy was fired.

[Gormy Cuss]

5. "Records show Falbo was arrested in March for domestic battery..."

Records show Falbo was arrested in March for domestic battery and aggravated child abuse after he was accused of beating his girlfriend.

A well known pattern.

[KittyWampus]

13. Yes, indeed. Hopefully those little creatures did not die in vain...

and send this disturbed person to where he won't hurt any other defenseless souls.

[csziggy]

8. Don't mess with BABY DUCKS!

A vintage Doonesbury cartoon:

http://assets.amuniversal.com/70c6fb408e55012f2fe200163e41dd5b

[XemaSab]

10. And keep your cat indoors

n/t

[KittyWampus]

14. Yes, because a human intentionally killing baby ducks for shits/giggles is just like a cat

killing a bird and eating it.

Your anti-cat posts are a bit over the top.

[alphafemale]

20. One trick Phoney nt

[romanic]

11. OMFG

I can only imagine how traumatized they are. Sicko needs to be locked up before he moves down other innocent creatures or people.

[KittyWampus]

15. He already has. He has a record of beating his girlfriend and child.

Records show Falbo was arrested in March for domestic battery and aggravated child abuse after he was accused of beating his girlfriend.

[uppityperson]

12. It's one thing to do this by accident, another to do it on purpose. Glad he is charged with

animal cruelty.

[Liberal_in_LA]

16. pig

[KamaAina]

18. George Zimmerman is mowing lawns now?

[Omaha Steve]

19. I can't tell Marta about this

She can't take stories like this anymore.

I couldn't tell her about the penguin story I posted in LBN either: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141094296

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