After a group of ducks attacked Sonia Farrow in Broward County, she said she was left bloody and in shock.
Farrow said she was with her grandson feeding bread to the ducks from a bench near a pond in Cooper City.
“He came right on me with his claws,” Farrow said adding the duck latched on. “I was clapping my arm and kicking and screaming to get him away.”
Farrow said that as she defended herself more ducks started to approach them, so she and her grandson ran away from them.
Other residents in the Rock Creek community said the geese in the same pond have also been aggressive. They also have to be careful with alligators, snakes, and fowl.
“My concern is for other people and children in the neighborhood innocently feeding them,” Farrow said. “It’s a lesson that we shouldn’t be feeding them.”
Ducks have territorial instincts and may attack humans to protect ducklings. According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, feeding wildlife is discouraged, and in some cases, it’s illegal.