WE WERE sitting by the river at Warburton enjoying a family of wood ducks with five tiny ducklings. A woman arrived with a black male cocker spaniel and his brown sister. She let them race into the water so I called out that there were baby ducks.
“Oh, that’s okay,” she said. “It’s good for the dogs. I come down here all the time and 20 minutes gives them a great workout!”
We watched in horror as the ducklings were separated, harassed and traumatised.
The parents frantically tried to ward the dogs off and keep their ducklings together.
Eventually one exhausted duckling was swept away on the rapids.
The dogs are registered with Yarra Ranges and seven years old. I implore others who may witness this cruelty while walking along the river to voice their horror.
Janet Wilson,
Montrose.
Dog of an act
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