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Duck Covered

By court protective order. Judge orders waterfowl attacking punk to stay away from Circles the duck. Newsday. 

The attack was quick, said Circles’ owner, Janet Lippincott, 53. A group of teens jumped the backyard fence and charged at her with pellet guns, Lippincott said.

“My son just lost it,” Lippincott said, describing the March 17 shooting. “He saw the blood on both sides of her neck.”

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“She’s made a remarkable recovery,” Lippincott said as Circles made gurgly duck sounds at her feet yesterday.

According to court papers, the single pellet pierced the duck’s larynx, shattering a bone around her voice box and leaving two holes on opposite sides of her neck. Circles’ veterinary bill totaled $200.

Lippincott said Mathews first told her the shooting was an accident. But she said she decided to press charges after Mathews sought assault charges against her son, Michael.

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If convicted, Mathews faces up to two years in prison. State prison records show he has a felony conviction for first-degree robbery.

Circles is back to sleeping in the dog crate she shares with two pit bull-Labrador sisters, Viper and Sweetie.

“It wound up a nightmare,” Lippincott said, “all because they shot my duck.”

“By accident.” Who hops a fence and shoots a duck by accident? Doesn’t sound like Circles will quack again, sadly. But she’s happily cohabiting with her friends, a pair of pit bull-retriever mixes. That sounds like a duck’s worst nightmare, but just goes to show life is full of little surprises and miracles.  Duck lives, punk headed up the river. 

Topics: law & order, crime, ducks

  Posted by Jules Crittenden at 9:54 pm on Friday, April 4, 2008

3 Responses to “Duck Covered”

1. blogagog Says:
   April 5th, 2008 at 5:28 pm

   More importantly, how did they cook the duck and what did it taste like?

2. Robert Says:
   April 5th, 2008 at 7:07 pm

   Peking Duck. MMMM.

3. snelson134 Says:
   April 5th, 2008 at 10:21 pm

   Must have been a relation.

   “The dear little fellow his legs they were yellow
   He could fly like a swallow or swim like a hake
   Till some dirty savage to grease his white cabbage
   Most wantonly murdered me beautiful drake “

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