According to a Facebook post from the Brunswick Police Department, police were alerted to the ducks by a concerned citizen of the situation at the intersection of Stanwood and Pleasant streets, which is also the location of Brunswick police headquarters.
Police successfully retrieved the trapped duckling and ensured the duck family made it safely to the nearby Androscoggin River.
Police say it was a team effort to help the family of ducks, with contributions from the Patrol Division, Criminal Investigators, School Resource Officer, Parking and Animal Control.
“We apologize for having to temporarily close the roads, but people seemed much more forgiving for the delay when they watched the family of ducks make it safely across!” the post read. The department’s story earned hundreds of likes on the social media network within an hour of it being posted Thursday afternoon.
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