A metro Detroit bird rescue is crying foul over accusations by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources that it's housing and rehabbing wild birds without a permit.

"They said that we had 30 days to euthanize everything on the property (that's) wild that cannot fly. We don't know exactly what they mean by that or what they're gonna do," Matthew Lyson, the founder of the Michigan Duck Rescue and Sanctuary, said.

He has dozens of domestic ducks on his 5-acre property. However, other wild birds hanging out on the pond, like the Canadian geese and swans, are ruffling feathers over at the DNR. Lyson told 7 News Detroit the DNR wants the wild injured birds to be euthanized and that the state's accusing him of rehabbing them without a permit.

"The charges are possessing animals that... the

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