Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Washington: Mercer Island police rescue 12 ducklings out of storm drain

WASHINGTON -- An early morning report of ducks down a storm drain at Lakeridge Elementary School led police to rescue 12 ducklings on Sunday.

Sergeant Ryan Parr of the Mercer Island Police Department uses a fishing
net to rescue 12 ducklings out of a storm drain at Lakeridge Elementary
School on Sunday morning, June 30, 2013.
The mother duck watches closely from the lawn.

Sergeant Ryan Parr and Officer Bob DeLashmutt found the ducklings six feet down the drain at 8:15 a.m., June 30. A distressed mother duck was pacing around the drain.

Parr removed the iron grate and used a fishing net to lift the ducklings out. The mother was then reunited with her ducklings, and led them into the Lakes neighborhood.

During a similar incident in early May, Lakes residents rescued 13 ducklings out of a storm drain with firefighters' help.

(Mercer Island Reporter - July 2, 2013)