City of Maitland removes ducks from Lake Lily Share Updated: 10:07 AM EST Mar 13, 2021 Share Updated: 10:07 AM EST Mar 13, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript REPORTER: IT’S THE PICTURESQUE LANDSCAPE AND ABUNDANCE OF WILDLIFE THAT DRAW PEOPLE TO LAKE LILY IN MAITLAND. >> PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER TO FEED THE DUCKS AND TO FEED THE TURTLES. AND HALF THE REASON YOU GO THERE IS TO SEE THE DUCKS AND WATCH THEM GROW UP. REPORTER: WHICH IS WHY CARRIE BERLIN, A LOCAL DOG WALKER, WAS SHOCKED TO SEE THIS ON HER WALK ON THURSDAY. A CONTRACTOR HIRED BY THE CITY REMOVING DUCKS, LOADING THEM INTO THIS TRAILE >> TO SEE THEM BEING REMOVED LIKE THAT WAS VERY DISTURBING TO ME. I’VE BEEN CRYING EVER SINCE I SEEN IT. I’M A HUGE ANIMAL LOVER, ALWAYS HAVE BEEN. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM CITY OFFICIALS TO KNOW THAT TRU THEY’RE JUST BEING RELOCATED. THAT’S AL REPORTER: WE REACHED OUT TO THE CITY OF MAITLAND. A SPOKESPERSON TELLS US THEY’RE RELOCATING THESE MUSCOVY DUCKS TO PRIVATELY OWNED PROPERT BECAUSE THEY ARE INVASIVE. A CITY SPOKESPERSON SAYS THE MUSCOVY DUCKS IMPACT THE NATIVE WILDLIFE HERE AT LAKE LILY THEY SAY CONTRACTORS USE SAF AND HUMANE METHODS AND THAT THE DUCKS ARE NOT EUTHANIZED. >> THEY’RE COMPETING WITH NATIVE WILDLIFE FOR FOOD AND TERRITORY. REPORTER: ACCORDING TO FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE, MUSCOVY DUCKS WERE ILLEGALLY RELEASED BY PEOPLE WHO HAD THEM AS PETS AND CAN MULTIPLY QUICKLY IN A SHORT TIME. >> INTERBREEDING WITH OUR NATI DUCKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THEY CAN PASS DISEASE. THEY TAKE OVER AN AREA, SAY A SMALL LAKE, AND OUR NATURAL AND NATIVE ECOSYSTEM IS WHAT IS REALLY BEING IMPACTED WITH THE MUSCOVY DUCKS JUST TAKING OVER THOSE AREAS. REPORTER: ACCORDING TO THE CITY, THIS IS THE FOURTH DUCK SWEEP AT LAKE LILY SINCE DECEMBER. SUMMER: ACCORDING TO THE CIT 10 MUSCOVY DUCKS WERE REMOVED YESTERDAY FROM THE PARK. THE CITY DID NOT SAY E