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It's Duck Season

Charles Oliver | 4.6.2004 12:00 AM

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Neighbors complained about the large number of chickens and ducks Maria McGhee allowed to roam around her property. So the North Shore City, New Zealand, government stepped in to solve the problem. Pest control officials arrived one day and shot two ducks and 11 chickens.

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