Join the Secret Service - Protect a Duck
Maybe it's a job they can handle :-). Imagine being told you have to protect an expectant duck? I love it. Its a fine thing when the local wildlife is protected and not shot, or relocated for the sake of aethetics or whatever.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Secret Service, which has the job of guarding the president and other dignitaries, now has a new temporary duty -- protecting a mother duck and her nine eggs.
The duck, a brown mallard with white markings, has had several names suggested by Treasury Department people, including "Quacks Reform," "T-Bill," and "Duck Cheney." It has built a nest in a mulch pile right at the main entrance to the Treasury Department on Pennsylvania Avenue.