Now that's what I call family planning:

U.S. officials bolstered security on Thursday for a duck nursing eggs near the White House to protect her from demonstrators at a global economic summit beginning on Friday.

Officials are concerned protesters could disturb the mallard hen, who is incubating what officials say are nine eggs at the foot of a tree on the sidewalk in front of the Treasury Department and next door to the presidential residence.

I wouldn't put it past some of these punks to do something mean to an animal just to make a point, and everyone knows these chimps like to throw things.