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Firefighters rescue 11 ducklings from drain [1]

['Rob Beschizza']

Date: 2023-06-22

Firefighters in Braintree, England, rescued 11 ducklings who fell into a drain. The Braintree and Witham Times reports that "a member of the public saw a mother duck in a flap" and that the crew was "quack to respond."

Photo: Essex County Fire and Rescue Service

"We scooped out nine of the ducklings with a bucket but a couple of them went down a separate pipe. They were frightened and didn't want to come out. However, we went back in the afternoon and managed to catch them using a small fishing net. We're delighted to be able to reunite them with their mother."

The Times' Macaully Moffat adds that it was the second duckling rescue in as many months.

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