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How a Toronto quarantine trend became a London area farm sanctuary's headache
Title (Dublin Core)
How a Toronto quarantine trend became a London area farm sanctuary's headache
Description (Dublin Core)
"The program took off like a rocket in April, when the coronavirus crisis reached full swing. Suddenly, adopting ducklings became something of a craze in Toronto, where thousands of families discovered a welcome distraction from the daunting headlines and cooped up days at home because of the pandemic.
However, some families who signed up apparently didn't understand what they were getting into. Some seemed to be unaware the pair of ducklings they paid $150 to foster at home would eventually have to be returned to the farm from whence they came in order to be sold..."
"A London area farm sanctuary says it's been forced to clean up after a foster baby duck program when some of the participating families from Toronto couldn't stomach the fact the ducklings they paid to raise might end up on a dinner plate."
However, some families who signed up apparently didn't understand what they were getting into. Some seemed to be unaware the pair of ducklings they paid $150 to foster at home would eventually have to be returned to the farm from whence they came in order to be sold..."
"A London area farm sanctuary says it's been forced to clean up after a foster baby duck program when some of the participating families from Toronto couldn't stomach the fact the ducklings they paid to raise might end up on a dinner plate."
quarantine hobby, animal
Date (Dublin Core)
July 5, 2020
Creator (Dublin Core)
Colin Butler
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Hope Gresser
Type (Dublin Core)
Article
Link (Bibliographic Ontology)
Publisher (Dublin Core)
CBC News
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Agriculture
English
Animals
English
Home & Family Life
English
Recreation & Leisure
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
Toronto
Peterborough
Ontario
quarantine
hobby
ducks
farm
Linked Data (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
07/06/2020
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
07/19/2020
This item was submitted on July 6, 2020 by Hope Gresser using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: http://mail.covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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