A self-driving car struck and killed a mother duck in Texas, sparking outrage in the community.

The death of a duck in the Mueller Lake area of ​​Austin, Texas has neighbors raising concerns about self-driving cars and whether they belong there.

Although humans have always been responsible for killing animals with their cars, this incident has brought negative attention to the new technology. Local media picked up on the duck incident after a resident posted in a Facebook group near Mueller that the Avride self-driving car (which has a human safety driver behind the driver) ran over, killed the duck, and then didn’t stop. “It went quickly, with absolutely no slowdown or hesitation,” the post, reported by KXAN, reads.

Residents’ familiarity with this particular duck nesting in a pot located outside a local Italian restaurant has added to their anger and distrust of self-driving car technology. For those worried about the future of their duck eggs, local residents are storing them in incubators, Axios’ Austin reports.

An Avride spokesperson confirmed to TechCrunch that the vehicle was in autonomous mode at the time. Avride hasn’t completely stopped testing on public roads. But the company has adjusted its operating area by excluding certain streets around the lake near where the duck incident occurred, according to spokeswoman Yulia Shveyko.

The resident claimed in a post that the vehicle failed to stop even at the stop sign. Avride told TechCrunch it found no evidence to support the claim. The vehicle came to a complete and proper stop at all relevant stop signs.

Shveyko said the team reviewed vehicle data and behavior, including replaying the scene multiple times in simulation. Avride is currently evaluating potential improvements to its technology to prevent similar situations in the future, she said. In particular, this involves running a series of controlled experiments in simulations to ensure that changes do not negatively impact the vehicle’s safety performance in different scenarios.

Avride is not the only company testing or commercially deploying self-driving cars in cities. Zoox has been testing in the city. Tesla and Waymo are also partnering with Uber to operate commercial robotaxi services in parts of Austin.