The Selection Park pond is a familiar site next to Nigel Road, and many people enjoy having lunch there or to feed their feathered friends living at the pond.
Shadow Shabangu, ward councillor, says the metro needs to come to the party now, because the low water tables in the pond has been going on for too long.
He feels the metro has to take responsibility for the duck pond and stop making excuses.
“The metro’s excuses of finding a contractor to install a borehole pump is temporary excuses,” he says.
With the pump already bought and no contractor found to install it, the poor ducks are suffering once again.
Shabangu says the water level is at the moment quite low and the issue has been going on for too long.
A Springs resident Louise Schaap says the metro has lost sight of what it stands for and the parks and recreation, especially in the predominantly ‘well-off’ or ‘tax paying’ suburbs are no longer being maintained and totally ignored.
The metro has been informed about the incident, but no comment was received yet.
This is animal abuse, dogs are going to enter the pond again and eat the ducks like the last time. Why do they wait for the pond to dry completely before asking the fire brigade to fill it- just top it up once a month or so.. Better still, move the duck to Selcourt enclosure. There are 2 ponds and I am sure there is enough space to house the ducks. Think of the poor animals instead of playing the blame game.
It it a terrible sight to see animals being treated with such cruelty.This park use to be the perfect place to go on a weekend with your kids and spend some quality time outdoors. Now I can not even drive past there without being ashamed of the condition Springs Municipality has let this park get into. It is a disgrace that the municipality is not willing to help these innocent animals.