Je co Animal Control wants you to leave the rescues to the experts

BY JO DAVIS JDAVIS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A recent call about baby ducks stuck in a storm drain located south of Highway 58 in Golden illustrated Je erson County Animal Control’s warnings against public interaction with wildlife.

e Je erson County Sheri ’s Ofce posted a video of the rescue on its Instagram page.

O cer Jennifer Dow explained that a man heard some ducks chirping loudly from the roadside. e baby ducks had fallen into a storm drain, “because they were too small, and the mom couldn’t get to them,” she said. “So then (the man) called us.” e o cer praised the man for doing nothing. She said that is exactly what he was supposed to do. “We didn’t want him to do anything dangerous,” she said. “And we have the tools that were needed.”

Dow said he waited on the path until the o cers got there.

Dow explained that she used “snake tongs” to get some of the babies out of the grate above them. en, the team had to get the rest of the babies to oat downstream before being released to a nearby pond where they met up with their mother

Being able to guide the animals to safety is another “tool” that o cers like Dow used when rescuing animal babies. Sometimes this skill is put to the test by the mama animals as well.

Dow shared another duck rescue where those guidance skills and