Late-night rescue mission: North Canton police rescue trapped ducklings

Benjamin Duer, The Repository
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NORTH CANTON – Being a parent isn't easy, especially if your 12 kids fall down a storm drain.

A mama duck needed police to help rescue her trapped ducklings from a drain on Glenwood Street NW near Linwood Avenue.

The rescue mission started around 1:50 a.m. Wednesday after neighbors reported a noise from small and yellow culprits.

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"It was a light-hearted service call, feel-good call," Police Chief Frank Kemp said. "It was not a high priority call but it was important for the people who called it in. They were concerned for the ducklings."

Police Sgt. Ron Mizner and officer Adam Knam and some residents lifted the drain grate and freed 12 ducklings from their predicament.

North Canton police Sgt. Ron Mizner, along with a resident, uses a crowbar to lift a storm sewer grate to rescue 12 trapped ducklings on the city's southwest side.
North Canton police Sgt. Ron Mizner, along with a resident, uses a crowbar to lift a storm sewer grate to rescue 12 trapped ducklings on the city's southwest side.

The entire rescue was caught on police body camera and uploaded to Facebook by the North Canton Police Department.

"The ducklings were turned over to their mother who appeared none too happy with her adventurous flock," Sgt. Matt Buzzard said on the department's Facebook post about the rescue mission.

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