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Ducklings rescued from sewer
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The Suffolk County Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals rescued Sunday two ducklings who had fallen into a sewer grate in Smithtown.
Animal rescuers found two three-month-old ducks in a sewer drain at the corner of Carolina and Williams streets Sunday, according to an SPCA release. A nearby resident had alerted the agency after witnessing a family of ducks crossing the road become frightened by an unobserved predator and scatter to escape the threat. Two of the fleeing ducklings fell through a sewer grate and were abandoned there by the rest of the clan, the SPCA related.
The ducklings "seem to be okay," SPCA Chief Roy Gross said Monday. They have been entrusted to the care of an animal rehabilitation specialist who collaborates with the agency, he said. The animals will be nursed until any injuries are healed and then released back into the wild, according to the SPCA.
"The ducks are safe," Gross said. "They are being well taken care of."
The agency typically cares for rescued animals in the homes of certified SPCA employees or by entrusting them to local animal shelters. But the SPCA may soon to be able to rehabilitate critters in-house, according to Gross. The agency is in the final stages of negotiating a deal with the county to take over the South Haven stables, located across the street from Suffolk police headquarters in Yaphank.
The SPCA is making an increasing number of equine rescues, Gross said, and the 20-acre facility would be used to care for neglected or abused horses along with dogs, cats, birds and other animals. The agency also plans to move its offices, currently located in Smithtown, to the stable grounds.
A formal announcement of the deal is anticipated in the coming months, the SPCA chief said.
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