A group of ducks found dead in Jarry Park in the fall met their end after eating grain laced with a controversial bird-control poison, testing has revealed.
The mystery surrounding the death of more than a dozen ducks, whose bodies were found in a number of places in the park on one day in September, was solved after their remains were sent for necropsy and Avitrol-laced grain was found in their digestive tracts.
“The concentration found in the digestive system of the birds was significant enough to cause death,” Sophie Roy, spokesperson for the Quebec’s environment ministry, said in a statement sent to CBC News.
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