Wounded Duck Survives 2 Days in Refrigerator

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - January 21, 2007 -- It had been shot and kept in a refrigerator for two days, but one duck in Florida will live to quack another day.

The wife of the hunter who shot the one-pound ring-neck found it still alive in the fridge. The startled woman immediately ordered her daughter to take the fowl to an animal hospital, according to an employee there.

The duck is now at a wildlife sanctuary, where it's been receiving treatment for wounds to its wing and leg since Tuesday.

A sanctuary veterinarian says the duck has a 75 percent chance of survival, but probably won't ever be well enough to go back into the wild.

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