Wildlife rescuer continues to pick up dead ducks at Sydney's Lake Northam

Kelly Murphy from Sydney Wildlife Rescue spoke to Yahoo News Australia about the issue, calling for more signage at the lake.

Video transcript

KELLY MURPHY: I've been at the lake since march the 12th. Initially, for the first week, I came probably every second day. And then, since last week and this week, I've been coming every day for anywhere between two hours and five hours, just depending on what needs to get done.

If there's-- if there's a sick duck that there needs to get taken to the vet, if there's a dead duck, we've been taking it to the Australian registry of wildlife health. So that they can do a post-mortem and send some samples for testing. And then I might return to the lake because I may have seen a duck that looks like they're in distress.

No, there's no signage around the lake. The council have informed one of the counselors that's been making some inquiries that they don't feel that signage is appropriate. And I-- I think that, at the very least, there should be some signage in an area where there's a lot of native wildlife, that if there are native wildlife, that people do see that they think are sick or injured, that they know where to call, a lot of people do not know who to contact.

Or that there is some risk, albeit that council may deem it minimal, but there is some risk that the water or the lake conditions may pose to pets walking past, kids putting their hands in, you know, just to take a little extra caution, at this time.