I would not advise playing with Clostridium should that be the cause.

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John and Sue Gregoire
5373 Fitzgerald Rd
Burdett, NY 14818-9626
"Conserve and Create Habitat"
N 42.44307 W 76.75784 
On 2020-06-01 12:45, Suan Hsi Yong wrote:

> Would any local facility be willing to do a necropsy if someone were willing 
> to retrieve the bodies? 
> 
> Suan 
> 
> On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 8:29 AM Gary Kohlenberg <jg...@cornell.edu> wrote: 
> 
> Thanks John and Sue,  
> 
> What would the likelihood of botulism be in your opinion? The issues MNWR had 
> were some years ago and I don't know how prevalent it is.  
> 
> Gary  
> 
> On Jun 1, 2020, at 6:37 AM, "k...@empireaccess.net" <k...@empireaccess.net> 
> wrote:
> 
> You folks know that area and the ducks but, as most ducks sleep on the water, 
> the idea of a terrestrial predator doesn't fly. Snappers may scoop up 
> numerous ducklings and goslings and can attack an adult but not several. I 
> wouldn't put away the human possibility.
> John
> 
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> John and Sue Gregoire
> 5373 Fitzgerald Rd
> Burdett, NY 14818-9626
> "Conserve and Create Habitat"
> N 42.44307 W 76.75784 
> On 2020-05-31 20:26, John and Fritzie Blizzard wrote: 
> 
> Are any of you considering a night-time attack when the ducks would have been 
> asleep & not aware of danger from owl or weasel? I agree with Chris. 
> 
> Fritzie Bllizzard On May 31, 2020, at 11:53 AM, Christopher T. 
> Tessaglia-Hymes <c...@cornell.edu> wrote:
> 
>  Just throwing this out there as another possibility: weasel or ferret. 
> 
> This is, as I understand it, classic kill method used by these Mustelids. 
> TheyâEUR(tm)ve been know to kill off an entire flock of chickens in a night, 
> severing heads with minimal disruption to the rest of the body.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Sincerely,
> Chris T-H

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