Officials found two ducks with their bills severed on two different occasions.
are investigating after two mallards were found with their bills severed on two different occasions.
"This is a really sad case. It was clearly malicious and it [the injuries] actually started to heal a little bit, so it had likely actually been done a few days before and the birds came in starving to death because they couldn't eat. They need their mouths to eat. We all do," said Debbie McGuire, the Executive Director of Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center inThe center is a 501c3 nonprofit hospital and rehabilitation center built for wildlife.
The ducks were euthanized due to the severity of their wounds. McGuire said back in the 80's, there was a horrific case of abuse where pelicans had their beaks cut, and were brought to the center, but this case of abuse against the two ducks is unusual and sad.
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