"I had a woman contact me last Thursday in tears because she found out that the ducklings would end up on somebody's plate." 'You can't have ducks in most cities'Dozens of Toronto families have been requesting help from a London area farm sanctuary after they learned the ducks they fostered from a Peterborough area farm might end up as dinner. (Siobhan Poole/Cedar Row Farm Sanctuary)Karen Woolley, the president of Wooley Wonderland Farm Inc., the Peterborough-area farm that owns the Critter Visits' foster duck program said she's aware of the controversy and never meant to mislead anyone. Woolley said she's rented foster ducks to more than 1,000 families in Toronto, Ottawa and Cambridge, all municipalities where local bylaws forbid the keeping of fowl within city limits. All ducks return to the farm, no exceptionsMost Ontario cities forbid the keeping of waterfowl as pets within municipal limts.

Source: CBC News July 05, 2020 09:00 UTC