A Utah park has become the site of growing worry as one person has spoken out about the human impact on local wildlife.
What’s happening?
For years, Farmington resident Lorri Blanc has visited Farmington Pond to feed the ducks and geese with species-specific grain and clean up trash. But her peaceful routine was shattered one week when she found a duck so severely injured by fishing line that it had to be euthanized.
“It makes me really sad,” Blanc told Fox 13. “It’s unnecessary. It shouldn’t have to happen.”
Farmington Pond has seen an influx of dumped domestic ducks, as well as increasing amounts of trash, fishing line, and other debris that threaten both wildlife and the pond’s water quality. Blanc says she regularly fills one to two bags of trash each time she visits, picking up discarded cans, tangled hooks, and lines that can maim or kill birds…