--- description: The mama duck waits patiently for animal control to save her babies title: Watch Ducklings Get Rescued From a Sewer and Reunite With Their Mom image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Ducklings Get Rescued From a Sewer and Reunite With Their Mom by [Jessica Roy](/author/jessica-roy/) ## Jessica Roy Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 23, 2014 11:46 AM CUT by [Jessica Roy](/author/jessica-roy/) ## Jessica Roy Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 23, 2014 11:46 AM CUT A handful of baby ducks fell into a sewer while crossing the road with mom, but luckily local animal control was able to save them from certain sewer death. Their mom waits patiently by as the rescuers retrieve them, then happily leads them back to the lake. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2911520/ducklings-rescued-from-sewer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2911520/ducklings-rescued-from-sewer/"},"headline":"Watch Ducklings Get Rescued From a Sewer and Reunite With Their Mom","datePublished":"2014-06-23T11:46:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:11:01.909Z","description":"The mama duck waits patiently for animal control to save her babies","url":"https://time.com/2911520/ducklings-rescued-from-sewer/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jessica Roy","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/jessica-roy/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2911520/ducklings-rescued-from-sewer/","name":"Watch Ducklings Get Rescued From a Sewer and Reunite With Their Mom"}}]}] ```