Fire brigade saves helpless young swan from the street in freezing temperatures
Created: 12/18/2022 1:54 p.m
By: Katarina Amtmann
A firefighter approaches the exhausted swan.
© Armin Lerch/Feuerwehr Stockstadt/dpa/ dpa picture radio +++
It was freezing cold in Bavaria on Sunday morning.
The fire brigade had to save an exhausted swan in Stockstadt, it had hardly moved.
Stockstadt am Main - A helpless and exhausted young swan was rescued by the fire brigade in the Aschaffenburg district on Sunday, December 18th.
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Exhausted swan rescued by fire brigade in Stockstadt
The animal was sitting on a street in Stockstadt am Main on the frosty morning of the fourth Advent.
According to the fire department, it barely moved.
Because swans can only take off in water, the inexperienced animal could not fly either.
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The emergency services brought the swan to an animal shelter.
There he will be fed until the temperatures rise again.
On Sunday morning it was minus 8 degrees in Stockstadt am Main.
(came/dpa)
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