Darin Welker is an Iraq War veteran living in West Lafayette, Ohio, with 14 pet ducks who comfort him for both physical and mental therapy. Welker says that the birds have been a great help comforting his post traumatic stress disorder and depression, but by keeping the birds he's breaking local laws and could owe up to $150 in fines.
According to the local newspaper, Coshocton Tribune, a 2010 law allows only "dogs, cats, gerbils, hamsters, guinea pigs, birds or mice" as pets, even though his local Veteran Affairs office provided a letter recommending that he keep the ducks. Welker says the 10 Pekin ducks and four mallards help give him some responsibility and self worth. Welkin returned from Iraq in 2005 with a bad back and says the ducks also help him stay physically active. Friends, family and strangers have banned together to try to help Welker! Check out the original story and video from Huffington Post >>> Click for Video.
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Darin Welker, 36, holds one of his 14 pet ducks, which he says are therapeutic, but is in danger of losing due to outdated town laws.
Welker served in the Army National Guard and says he has PTSD and depression since returning from the Iraq War in 2005.
