New Hampshire Police Rescue Mom and 12 Ducklings From Parking Lot
Police in Salem, New Hampshire, were called to the rescue after a mother bird and her brood of 12 ducked out to a shopping center parking lot on May 1.
Footage shows Salem NH Police Department officers Robeck and Lawrence and Detective Geha releasing a mother duck and her 12 ducklings to a pond after relocating them from the Market Basket parking lot in Salem.
As the birds scoot toward the pond, an officer says: “Happy mama, happy babies. Ladies and gentlemen, community services.”
Social media users praised the department’s rescue efforts though several commented that a mother duck and her ducklings were spotted back at the Market Basket parking lot after the rescue. Credit: Salem NH Police Department via Storyful
Video Transcript
- Go on. Come on. You're fine now. Go. There you go.
[QUACKING]
- Well done, boys. Happy mama, happy babies.
[CHIRPING]
Ladies and gentlemen, Community Services.
- There's nobody in there, right?
- Nope, we're good.
- We're good?
- I think we all made mom dizzy, that's why it took time to get out.
[QUACKING]
- Another Salem PD success story, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you, Community Services.
