- The Bradenton Police Department said officers worked with the Bradenton Fire Department to rescue ducks that had fallen through a storm drain.
- Police said a mother duck was seen leading her ducklings across the road, but only half of them made it across.
- The other half of the ducklings fell through a sewer grate and needed rescuing.
WATCH: VIDEO: Ducklings rescued from a storm drain
VIDEO: Ducklings rescued from a storm drain
- The ducks were rescued and officers waited for the mother duck to return.
- When the mother duck didn't return, police said the ducklings were handed off to another officer for safekeeping until wildlife experts could take them into custody.

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