A 71-year-old California man has been charged after allegedly beating a mallard duckling to death at a community swimming pool, according to prosecutors.
The incident unfolded on May 13 in Irvine, when residents tried to usher a mallard mother duck and her 10 ducklings out of the swimming pool. Randall Lee Bertsch, who was also swimming in the water, allegedly began yelling at the ducks before grabbing several of them and placing them into a small box, prosecutors say.
