ducks http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2814293.stm "RUDDY DUCK, a pushy American settler which has been blasted for being "over-sexed and over here", is passing on to the great duck pond in the sky. Nothing would stop Ruddy and White Headed duck from mating, however. A particularly delicate racial problem came with their offspring - described as "genetically impure". And thus Ruddy Duck meets its end, thanks to a band of modern day Elmer Fudds - practically all Ruddy Ducks in the UK are to be culled, the government is announcing. " *********************************** I have no idea where this thread will go. Discussions on why Europeans would support killing innocent animals instead of Iraqi dictators? Calls for a boycott of British beer? World rivalries style comment on superiority of american lovers? Or a discussion on why geese are more respectable because they usually fight back?