Mass. State Trooper helps rescue 8 ducklings trapped in storm drain

NAHANT, Mass. — Some feathery friends were saved after a Massachusetts State Trooper rescued eight ducklings who had fallen through a storm drain grate at a Nahant Beach parking lot, according to State Police.

Around 9:20 a.m. on Saturday, Massachusetts State Police Trooper Jim Maloney found the baby ducks trapped in water under the heavy grate. The ducklings’ mom and one of their siblings – the only baby duck who hadn’t fallen through the grate – were standing off to the side.

Maloney called the Department of Conservation and Recreation for assistance and also received help from Nahant’s Department of Public Works. Lynn Animal Control, and Massachusetts State Police Trooper Tim Benedetto.

They pried open the storm drain gate and a Lynn Animal Control Officer scooped the ducklings out of the drain with a net. The ducklings were placed in a cardboard box, which Trooper Maloney put in his police cruiser while waiting for the mother duck.

At 10 a.m., officials said the mom and baby duck came out of a grassy area, the eight ducklings were placed in the area and the momma duck immediately went to her babies.

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