Everyone Prefers Blondes

The North American ruddy duck, which spread to the British Isles about 50 years ago, is such an aggressive breeder that the European white-headed duck is in danger of extinction. “These ruddy ducks have a particular fancy for the European white-headed duck, mainly found in Spain,” said a spokeswoman for English Nature, a government agency. Some fed-up environmentalists are backing the government’s solution: the so-called “raping ducks” are being shot on sight. (Reuters) ...If the problem was imported from America, it seems fitting that the solution also be.