SPCA Wildlife Center Saves Ducklings Stuck Under Overflow Grate

 

On Thursday, June 15 the SPCA Monterey County Wildlife Center rescued and reunited 4 ducklings with their wild mother.

At 10:30 am on Thursday, June 15 the SPCA Wildlife Center received a report about 4 ducklings who were trapped under a grate attached to their pond. The distressed mother duck was walking in circles around the grate, quacking and trying to reach her brood. We immediately responded to the scene. 

The ducklings had fallen approximately six feet down into the drain and their mother could not reach them. SPCA Wildlife Technician Alexis removed the grate with the help of a nearby homeowner and gently rescued the ducklings one by one with a long net. 

Alexis carefully examined the ducklings, who were healthy, active, and uninjured. During the rescue, the wild mother flew away, possibly unsettled by the commotion surrounding her ducklings. We placed the crate with the rescued ducklings at the far end of the pond and rescuers moved away to give mother and babies space to reunite. In just a few minutes the peeping of the ducklings brought their mother back, and we released the ducklings from the crate.

The ducklings swam off happily with their mother. 

Every year, the SPCA Wildlife Center rescues thousands of injured, orphaned, or sick wild animals every year. Our work for rescued wild animals is only made possible by your compassionate support. 

    If you see injured or orphaned wild animals in need, please call us at 831-264-5427 or visit www.spcamc.org to learn how to help.

Video available here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1b8FiOFm3f-kM67r-NsS3bllsGKYF3L9n?usp=sharing

The SPCA Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center is the only full service wildlife rehabilitation center serving Monterey County. We operate under permits from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Your support is extremely important to us, as we do not receive funding from any federal, state or local government agency.  Each year, The SPCA Wildlife Center admits over 2,500 animals for treatment and care.

SPCA Monterey County is your nonprofit, independent, donor-supported humane society that has been serving the animals and people of Monterey County since 1905. The SPCA is not a chapter of any other agency and does not have a parent organization.  They shelter homeless, neglected and abused pets and livestock, and provide humane education and countless other services to the community. They are the local agency you call to investigate animal cruelty, rescue and rehabilitate injured wildlife, and aid domestic animals in distress.

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