Squirrel babies fall out of their nest: the fire brigade wants to save them - but the animals have other things in mind

In Augsburg, three baby squirrels tumbled out of their nest.

The fire brigade wanted to save the animals - but initially they had other things in mind.

Augsburg - Three squirrel babies fell out of their nest in Augsburg * and kept the fire brigade * busy.

When the emergency services tried to get them back, the animals would have preferred to play with them.

This was announced by the Augsburg * professional fire brigade on Thursday.

"People only knew her from great heights and unfortunately they didn't even know interesting firefighters." The babies were completely free of fear.

"After all, it was her first time on mother-earth-floor."

Squirrel babies tumble out of their nest in Augsburg - fire brigade rescues young animals

On the ground, the squirrels would have been defenseless to dogs and cats.

Therefore, the emergency services tried on Wednesday to bring the trio back to the nest.

Animal rescue is anchored in the Bavarian Fire Brigade Act.

After several attempts had failed, the ladder was used and each squirrel was placed on a branch.

"There they literally slipped out of my hand and liked to climb towards the nest, to be safe."

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Augsburg fire brigade rescues young animals and calls them Emilia, Emil and Eirik squirrels

None of the young animals was injured when they hit the ground.

The fire department gave the babies names: Emilia, Emil and Eirik Eichhörnchen.

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