Crime & Safety
SEE: East Bay Ducklings Rescued From Freeway
These ducklings got a police escort to Lindsay Wildlife Experience, thanks to the California Highway Patrol Dublin office.
TRI-VALLEY, CA — The California Highway Patrol's Dublin office rescued a family of ducklings spotted dodging drivers on Interstate Highway 680.
CHP brought the ducklings to safety at the Lindsay Wildlife Experience in nearby Walnut Creek.
These ducklings were playing frogger on I-680! Thanks to Officer Seely and Captain Sherry, they made it to safety. They are now in the hands of the Lindsay Wildlife Experience. Great work!
Posted by CHP - Dublin on Monday, May 3, 2021
Sound familiar? It's at least the fourth time that this has happened over the past year.
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As cars emptied from California roads around the onset of the pandemic, geese began taking over East Bay freeways. CHP Dublin said last May that officers caught three waterfowl families in two weeks on Tri-Valley roads.
Read more: 'Geese Keep Playing Chicken On The Freeway'
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They’re back! Just last week we had to escort them off the freeway...now this! Again, no one injured pic.twitter.com/piwKhZVpsY
— CHP Dublin Area (@CHPDublin) May 11, 2020
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