It has been brought to our attention that the warm story of the rescued ducks may have had a more sinister angle. This photo taken by Donncha O Caoimh and posted on the inphotos.org website reveals the dark side of ducks. Snopes.com also has an entry on this Wild Kingdom gone bad incident.
We don’t want to encourage people to turn the other way when they see ducklings in trouble, but just keep an eye on the mom.