One police officer from Altoona and one from Eau Claire Animal Control crawled down through the sewer system to fish out the baby ducks. They had a crowd of young spectators watching eagerly from the side. Luckily, all five ducklings got out of the sewer safely.

Look at these poor babies! They must have suffered a desperate and sad time.

 The second case is somewhat sad as well as funny.

A family of cute baby ducks had to be rescued after getting their mother in a flap when they fell down a drain in Shrewsbury. The eight ducklings, less than a week old, were pulled from the sewers in Hexham Way, near to the Rea Brook, by RSPCA officers yesterday.

Elaine Williams, the animal collection officer called to the scene, said the mother had apparently walked across the slatted drain cover but when her babies had followed they dropped through the gaps.

Oh, come on, you thoughtless mother, just be more concentrated on you little babies!

The last story was just inspiring because many people pitched in.

George Jessup was on duty, driving his plumbing company’s truck. But when he saw a duck sitting on a storm drain on a busy road in Shaler, he didn’t think twice about stopping.

The duck wouldn’t move, and it was in a dangerous position on Anderson Road. It piqued Mr. Jessup’s curiosity. When he approached the duck he heard “peep peep peeping” and realized there were ducklings in the storm drain. He just had to help.

When he couldn’t budge the heavy grate, he called Shaler police and volunteer firefighters. The ducklings “were flipping out,” he said, and the mother duck, a mallard, was agitated.

The firemen took the grate off, which might have weighed 300 pounds. Then a police officer reached in and picked up the ducklings. There were six or seven. Mr. Jessup thought hey were the cutest things he ever saw — brownish with some white and yellow.

To make sure they got every duckling, Mr. Jessup sent Mr. Rooter’s video inspection camera down the pipe. There were no more.

After their three-hour ordeal, mamma and her ducklings ‘just waddled off’.