Weeks after earning acclaim around the world for a heart-tugging rescue of eight ducklings trapped in a drain, Titirangi firefighters have pulled off another duckling rescue today. Footage of Titirangi firefighters extracting the ducklings from May's rescue in Green Bay appeared in media around the world, including the BBC. The Titirangi Volunteer Fire Brigade was called to Willowbrook Place in Titirangi this afternoon where an agitated mother duck had lost at least three of her ducklings down a stormwater drain. He said there was a population of ducks in the area and mother ducks kicked up merry hell when their offspring fell down the drain. Firefighter Raymond Van Orsoy de Flines said they scoped the area and heard the ducklings in one of the pipes.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 07, 2016 05:59 UTC