Crime & Safety
Menagerie of Animal Complaints, Rescues Keep Cops Busy
South Whitehall police rescued a family of ducklings from a storm drain near Giant last Sunday.
It's all in a day's work, but South Whitehall Township Police are sometimes called out to rescue ducklings from storm drains or to save turtles from certain death on the highway, even the occasional kitten from a tree. The department received the following calls between May 15 and Monday.
- Ducklings rescued from storm drain at Giant Food Store, 3100 Tilghman St., reported Sunday.
- Groundhog in the 4400 block of Jamestown Ct., reported May 15.
- Skunks fighting on Cedarbrook Road, reported May 15.
- Pitbull running at large in 1100 block of N. 27th St.,reported May 14.
- Fox running and screaming in first block of S. 19th St., reported May 12.
- Geese crossing in 4700 block of Tilghman St., reported May 11.
- Turtle in roadway at Route 309 and Chapmans Road, reported May 9.
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