Nearly two dozen dead ducks were found near a Chandler canal and so far, no one knows how they died.
mallard ducksThe city says it didn't receive any reports, but SRP says it did. Workers removed the dead ducks from the canal Saturday morning.
"Having a mass die-off of any kind, ducks, any type of birds, the best thing to do is to find out what it is and see what other species it may affect," said Jan Miller, the animal care coordinator with Liberty Wildlife.19 ducks found dead near a Chandler canal "You have to be careful anytime, with any diseases that are going around, and be aware of them and know what's going on, so you know how to treat animals that come in and do your best not to spread it," Miller explained.
SRP confirms it received multiple reports of dead ducks in a consolidated canal, and they were all removed. Arizona Game and Fish now takes over and the department will be doing a necropsy on one of the ducks to try and nail down a cause of death."The big possibility because it's along a waterway is botulism. We have big outbreaks of botulism that can often kill many, many species," Miller explained.
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