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VIDEO: Ducklings rescued from storm drain in Bradenton

VIDEO: Ducklings rescued from a storm drain
VIDEO: Ducks rescued from a storm drain
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  • 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.

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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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