Debbie the duck was found wedged in a storm drain on the Isle of Wight.
BBC Newsat Sandford on the Isle of Wight on Saturday to lure Debbie the duck from the six-inch-wide pipe.After a five-hour rescue mission, the malnourished animal was retrieved with help from a CCTV camera.
She called Underground Service Engineering who rushed to the farm, after initially thinking it was a prank call.Using a camera, the plumbers found the Debbie lodged halfway down the 20-metre-long pipe"The difficulty of it being at night [meant] we had to put some water down the drain for her to drink to keep her alive - and then come back in the morning when it was light to get her out," he said.
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