Police officers in Brampton, Ont. helped rescue a mother duck and 10 ducklings that were found hiding from a nearby hawk under a car.
Peel Regional Police Const. Rachel Gibbs said a woman was driving through the intersection of Centre Drive and Team Canada Drive on Saturday morning when she noticed the animals hurrying under her vehicle.
A group of nearby officers saw what happened and stopped to help, Gibbs said, calling the incident “not something we see every day.”
Police tweeted a photo of the animals huddled underneath the vehicle as the predator waited, perched on top of a nearby lamp post.
Mother duck & ducklings found shelter from a hungry hawk this morning under a car stopped at an int. in #Brampton pic.twitter.com/SosnOMwpT3
— Peel Regional Police (@PeelPoliceMedia) May 21, 2016
Officers retrieved the ducks at around 11 a.m. and took them to safety at the nearby Norton Place Park.
#PRP got them out & the family was brought to safety. They're now headed to the park for a picnic & some frisbee. pic.twitter.com/3sobyiEVvx
— Peel Regional Police (@PeelPoliceMedia) May 21, 2016
The tweets were liked and shared hundreds of times.
Many people commented, thanking police for their help, some even going so far as to call their actions “heroic.”
