'Duckling Jail Break' Reported In Riverhead

RIVERHEAD, NY — It was a happy ending for seven little ducklings born who made their big jail break recently.

According to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, ECO Della Rocco recently received a call from employees at the Suffolk County Correctional facility in Riverhead. A female duck had hatched seven ducklings in the garden in the center of the buildings, with no escape for the young birds, the ECO said.

Jail staff could no longer feed and clean up after the ducklings and requested the ECO’s help in removing and relocating the ducks. Rocco caught the ducklings and released them in a nearby pond, and they sailed off to their new life.