Article: Pets: Senseless cull of harmless ducks.(Features)

Article: Letter: Halt this cruel cull of ducks.(Letters)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  July 8, 2002 ;     457 words ... ... causing the decline of the Spanish whiteheaded duck through hybridisation with it was ... intransigence. That the Spanish whiteheaded duck population has increased from 72 ... enough. JOHN COWEN Stewart Terrace, Edinburgh.

Article: LETTERS
The Spectator;  March 19, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... mating with the Spanish white-headed duck, lest the Spanish whiteheaded duck is hybridised into extinction. The Defra position may not ... the Palace of Versailles to get at them. Edward Housley Edinburgh The wrong punks From Calvin Evans Sir: Matthew Parris ...

Article: Wildlife groups say no to duck cull.
The Mail on Sunday (London, England);  March 9, 2003 ;     383 words ... ... habits have been blamed for the nearextinction of Spain's whiteheaded duck but conservationists say the real culprit is the Spanish ... sacrifice our birds when the Spanish have contributed to the whiteheaded duck's extinction themselves?' And Anglia Water said ...

Article: The ruddy duck's big secret When it comes to making ducklings ...
Evening Standard - London;  September 19, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... know why - it appears that in this case size really does matter. If this is so, it may be a very good reason for the whiteheaded duck's apparently unnatural preference in choosing the wrong mate." According to the new research, the drake ruddy duck ...

Article: Ruddy duck sentenced to death; Ministers order a nationwide cull ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  October 12, 2005 ;     607 words ... ... then, they have slowly established themselves across Europe. But Spanish conservationists say they are a danger to the whiteheaded duck because they interbreed-with them. The hybrid ducks this produces are fertile, and could therefore lead to the white ...

Article: Ruddy outrageous; 6,000 randy British ducks will be shot to save ...
The Mail on Sunday (London, England);  March 2, 2003 ;     700 words ... ... rare Spanish ducks are putting the European breed in jeopardy. The ruddy duck is migrating to Spain and mating with the whiteheaded duck, producing a 'mongrel' that could force the indigenous breed into extinction. Government plans will be unveiled tomorrow ...

Article: Cull those ruddy ducks ...for less!(News)
South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales);  March 5, 2003 ;     349 words ... ... breed's demise. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds said the move was regrettable but necessary to protect the whiteheaded duck. Mr Davies, who has created a duck-friendly garden at his mid Wales home, said some ruddy ducks should be allowed ...