California officers live-tweet rescue of baby ducks trapped in highway drain

CALIFORNIA -- Officers in Southern California made sure to give the public updates on an unfolding duck rescue, live-tweeting the situation of ducklings trapped under a grate on the highway.

California Highway Patrol's Southern Division spent part of Monday afternoon sharing news about the ducks’ dilemma on its Twitter page, ending with them “safe and sound.”

The nine baby birds had somehow found their way inside a drain on the Ventura Freeway in Glendale, north of Los Angeles, and authorities began sharing their duck tales shortly after 6 p.m.

It was not clear whether attention to recapturing the ducklings stemmed from the recent Pokemon Go craze or a general love for adorable animals, though Twitter users were drawn to videos and photos of the birds’ plight.

 

The responding officers soon had their ducks in a row, rescuing the captive chicks as they posted about their small-scale heroics 12 times.

An adult duck was seen perched along the highway’s retaining wall, and CHP said that the next objective was reuniting the ducklings with their mother.

(New York Daily News - July 11, 2016)