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Breeding plan scuppered by gay ducks

A bid to save a rare species of duck from extinction in the UK appears to be dead in the water after the last two males fell for each other. Keepers at a West Sussex bird sanctuary hoped Cherry, Britain’s last remaining female Blue Duck, might mate with either of the drakes, Ben or Jerry.

But neither male duck appeared interested and are now inseparable at the Arundel Wetland Centre, reports the Daily Telegraph.

Centre warden Paul Stevens said: “They stay together all the time, parading up and down their enclosure and whistling to each other as a male might do with a female he wants to mate with.

“People who visit the centre think they’re a fantastic couple, without really coming around to the idea that they are two males. It would have been nice to get a last clutch of eggs from Cherry but Ben and Jerry do make a lovely couple.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .