Nearly five months after a Houston Chronicle story about a retired couple's battle with their HOA over feeding the ducks gets picked up by outlets around the globe, the reporter gets a call from the couple's daughter. While Mrs. Rowe and her lawyer said that they had begun feeding the ducks after the loss of their daughter, the Rowe's daughter is in fact alive. How to correct a story that's gone viral, and the surprising prevalence of family estrangement. 

Cypress couple was sued for up to $250K by their HOA for feeding ducks. Now they could lose their home:
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/A-Cypress-HOA-sued-a-couple-250K-for-feeding-17292935.php 
Daily Mail UK’s version: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11002295/Texas-couple-began-feeding-neighborhood-ducks-sued-250k-HOA.html 
Washington Post’s version: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/07/09/hoa-ducks-foreclosure/ 
Business Insider India’s version: https://www.businessinsider.in/international/news/a-texas-couple-could-lose-their-home-after-feeding-ducks-in-their-yard-thanks-to-a-lawsuit-from-their-hoa/articleshow/92764108.cms
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