The running ducks on the 300-year-old Vergenoegd Löw wine estate.

Duck Soldiers Protect a Wine Estate near Cape Town

Fee Louise Schwarz, 26.07.2022

More than 1,600 Indian running ducks live on the Vergenoegd Löw wine estate in South Africa and keep the vines there free of pests in a sustainable way.

More than 1,600 Indian running ducks live on the Vergenoegd Löw wine estate on the Eerste River near Cape Town in South Africa, which has existed since 1696. But the feathered housemates are not just cute; they have been fulfilling an essential task in the wine growing there since the 1980s.

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Duck Soldiers Protect a Wine Estate near Cape Town