Double duck rescue: a tale of feather heroics in Moses Lake
Thirteen ducklings managed to get trapped in a drainpipe behind the UPS store Wednesday. Moses Lake Police Department officers and Animal Rescue Friends Society of Grant County members worked together to rescue the ducks.
COURTESY PHOTO/ANIMAL FRIENDS SOCIETY OF GRANT COUNTY
Two Moses Lake Fire Department first responders worked to rescue ducks out of a storm drain outside of Safeway in the afternoon. This was the second rescue of the day for the ducklings.
From left, Moses Lake Fire Department firefighter Josh Bollinger, Capt. Schrade Rouse and Lt. Lynn Dodd hold the ducklings they rescued from the storm drain on Wednesday.
The mother ducks were reunited with their ducklings after the first rescue of the day.
The baby ducks made their way to Battalion Chief Dave Holle and his wife Christine’s homestead where they will be nurtured until they are big enough to fly away. However, the two said the babies are more than welcome to stay at the homestead long-term.
MOSES LAKE — Two daring rescues unfolded yesterday, reuniting ducklings with their anxious mothers for the first time and relocating them entirely after the second.
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