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Unlike most people, I look up things that I've never seen or heard of before, so I checked it out. It's the Ducky Derby held annually to raise money for the Special Olympics. People can sponsor a Ducky for $10.00 and win prizes like a brand new Chevy or $2,500.00 . At the end of the race all of the Duckies are collected for use the next year. This year's event raised more than $600,000.00 . So relax, their not real duck's and they aren't left in the river.
How is this a good idea for the marine life and the environment. Geez
I wonder who ever thought it was a good idea to pour 80thousand pieces of plastic into a river. but I can't have a straw or a plastic bag..
🤡 DEMOCRATS 🤡 are extremely environmentally conscious, aren't they ❓❓❓ Probably🔥 burned 🔥some TESLA'S later that evening...🤔🥰
Where’s the liberals screaming about pollution. Oh that’s right, it’s ok because they like this. Got it.
Couldn’t they have tried a better way to enter them in to the water i hope and pray that they all make it after that drop and pilled right on top of each other poor little babies 🥰🙏🏼💕
And 40 thousand lived , 20 thousand of which has broken legs, wings and necks from the fall. 🤔
it amazes me how many idiots on here think that they used real ducks.
All of this stupidity could have been prevented by simply saying 80,000 RUBBER ducks!!!
each little duck represents a lie from MAGA MAN
Great!🙄 How the hell is this good for the environment???
only people keep saying liberals this liberals that... the Democrats the democrats. meanwhile this was done by the olympics, it was an event. not everything is political y'all It was Special Olympics Illinois that organized the event where more than 80,000 rubber ducks were dropped into the Chicago River. This event, known as the Chicago Ducky Derby, is an annual fundraiser held to support athletes of Special Olympics Illinois. People can "adopt" a rubber duck for a small fee, which then enters them into a race where the ducks float down the river, and the first to cross the finish line wins a prize.
Lol.... plastic! 🤷 Liberals have no brains!
wow dead 1/2 of them will be. stupid idea
That’s really dumb Injuries to most of them and death
I can hear it now, “they’re eating the ducks”! 😆
They couldn’t drop them from a lower feet some may of died right away
why did they drop 80000 rubber ducks in the river?
Why does Chicago always dump things into that river? Every Saint Patrick’s Day they turn it green and now they’re dumping rubber ducks in the water.
who's going to retrieve the 80000 ducks?🤔
Are they alive for being ducks n lights they are splashing kind of hard
isn't this littering?
This is ridiculous and should be made against the law a lot of animals in the ocean. They’re gonna think this is food.
I remember going across that bridge to get to work at Northwestern University Dental on Huron st. wow that was in 1980. Downtown Chicago is a Beautiful place.
that is a cute idea. rubber ducks you have to capture for prizes. money goes to Special Olympics
Rubber Duckies your so fine
They catch it in a net below it’s a race lol
i never had a rubber duck but i had a plastic chicken. it floated on its side. i putbit in a mayo jar with a $5 bill & threw it in a river. i hoped it would make it back 2China
probably only less then half will survive. the eat those little ducks
I can't believe they just dump them like that! 😲
🦆🦆🦆
I’m not a fan of that. With all the educational material out there about plastic in our environment this is just contributing in another big way.
I have read some stupid comments from some stupid people but some of the commentators here take stupidity to a different level. Are these people for real?
just hope none of them got hurt cause they are our God our father Jesus Christ little animals 🙏
😲 our water gets enough contamination 😲 why not just donate?
This doesn't look like duck's! This is liquid😲
WOW THATS ALOT OF DUCKS.
For instance, in the Chicago Ducky Derby, over 75,000 ducks race down the Chicago River, according to CBS News. Common Chord states that the ducks are all removed from the water by volunteers and staff, stored, and reused annually for the Great River Ducky Derby. However, sometimes issues can arise, as seen in a Reno Duck Race where a fence breach allowed ducks to float past the finish line. Even in such situations, event organizers and partners, such as the Humane Society and fire departments, work to contain and collect the escaped ducks.
It would be nice if we could start something like this.In venice i'm actually gonna put this on my to do list...
🙏🏼 did they live?
Well, hopefully they’re cleaning all that up after then maybe it’s a good idea
Oh my god you guys didn’t know they had to single out the yellow genes of certain endangered ducks. It kills the parents and then the fall kills the babies. But it’s ok not like they could reproduce anyways because they all have no organs. So they would starve to death otherwise. # save the organless ducks
IT'S DIFFERENT AND RAISES MONEY FOR A WONDERFUL CAUSE. I AM FOR IT
This is terrible. It is trash and will move through the waters and end up around the world. It will pollute marine life, trash beaches, etc
That’s fake and cruel
It was Special Olympics Illinois that organized the event where more than 80,000 rubber ducks were dropped into the Chicago River. This event, known as the Chicago Ducky Derby, is an annual fundraiser held to support athletes of Special Olympics Illinois. People can "adopt" a rubber duck for a small fee, which then enters them into a race where the ducks float down the river, and the first to cross the finish line wins a prize.
This is the reason
I think that is a wonderful thing we have the same thing here in Little Rock Arkansas are used to have but I never knew where the money went I don't guess I remember that is a wonderful thing for the special Olympics to raise money have had better advertisement I'd bought $100 worth he'll have a wonderful day in Chicago
Annual event, "Chicago Ducky Derby" for the Special Olympics Illinois.The rubber ducks are released and race down the river. People buy (10 bucks or more) a duck, and the winners receive prizes. The ducks are retrieved and used annually.
Chicago needs to issue a disclaimer: No Rubber Duckies Were Injured During The Production Of This Event.
killing wildlife.....
Wish they used a more humane to do this
40k of them are DOA🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤣🤣
Why’d they put all this plastic into the river?! To choke out wildlife furthermore!
all the murders in Chicago and these people are doing duck drops.....🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
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