It was a police rescue with a difference yesterday as the derring-do of two of Dunedin's finest saved the day for a family of ducks. Calls to police came in about noon of a mother and her ducklings waddling along the barrier of a busy southbound lane on State Highway 1 by Green Island. duckling_rescue_17102018_large_0.jpg Dunedin Constables Chris Parsons (with beard) and Matt Sheat use their hats to corral a family of ducks that strayed on to State Highway 1 by Green Island yesterday. Constables Chris Parsons and Matt Sheat, helped by members of the public, went about their work as carsswept by alarmingly close to the tiny creatures. Traffic was stopped and one duckling encouraged into a policeman's cap, but it showed remarkable agility and bolted back on to the road.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 17, 2018 15:22 UTC