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Six Ducklings Rescued From Storm Drain in Holbrook

Suffolk County SPCA officer comes to the rescue Sunday morning.

A Suffolk County SPCA officer helped reunite six ducklings with their mother Sunday morning after they fell into a storm drain in Holbrook. 

Roy Gross, chief of the Suffolk SPCA, said the agency received a call at about 9:45 a.m. reporting that the ducklings had fallen into a storm drain on Dolphin Lane in the Broadway Knolls apartment complex. 

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SPCA officer Michael Allen responded to the scene and was able to use a pool net provided by a neighbor to pull the trapped ducklings from the drain.  

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Allen placed the ducklings with their nervously awaiting mother who scurried them off. 

Watch a video of part of the rescue here


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