Natures Cruel Irony

Today I went for a walk just like any other day, but today I stumbled upon five ducklings all huddled together in someones driveway.  They couldn't have been more than a few days old.  I would have loved to pick them up and care for them or relocate them.  But the cold reality is that I was unable to I knew that if I picked them up that they would have less of a chance to live than if I left them alone.  The truth of the matter is that since I have moved from the country to the suburbs I feel so helpless when it comes to seeing animals in need.  Some my friends would say it is survival of the fittest but I know from personal experience that is a much crueler fate for wild animals in the suburbs than it is in the country.  I hope that they survive this harsh man made world they have been brought into.