Ohio veteran can keep ducks to relieve PTSD, depression

COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio veteran who sought to defy local law and keep pet ducks, that he says help relieve his post-traumatic stress disorder and depression, can now keep them.
The Coshocton Tribune reports the West Lafayette Village Council this week granted Darin Welker a variance to an ordinance prohibiting farm animals in the village, about 80 miles (128 kilometers) east of Columbus.
Welker was convicted in 2014 of a misdemeanor for violating the ban on farm animals. A state appeals c