This year has been devastating to the waterfowls living in the Santa Clara Central Park. The pond has been completely drained since spring 2022 and will remain so until September. This happens to be the breeding season of those birds, resulting the suffering and death of many newly hatched ducklings and goslings due to this man-made drought. Some nice people are bringing in water containers near the pond to help them survive, but they are taken away by the park services. This video shows how dismal the situation is for those poor animals:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYiP30-VITM

If you'd like to help those animals and bring back the lively central park pond back again, please contact the SC Central Park Services and request them to reconsider their decision. We would really appreciate it!

Related Links:

• NextDoor discussion
• SV Voice Local News
• SC City Park & Recreational Service Announcement

SC Parks & Recreation Contact Information:

• Email: PRCustomerServe@SantaClaraCA.gov
• Phone: 408-615-3140
• Service Address: 969 Kiely Blvd, Santa Clara, CA

Our locally elected officials:

• Sen Bob Wiekowski: (510) 794-3900, http://senate.ca.gov/sd10
• Assembly member Alex Lee: (408) 262-2501, https://a25.asmdc.org

Please help us out by calling the SC Park & Recreational Services to reconsider their plan, and to our local elected officials to make sure that similar maintenance works will be better planned without the devastation to local animals in the future. Thanks a lot!