Queens Fireman Rescues Baby Squirrels

Longo and the squirrels. Photo via Animal Tourism

In April, Queens fireman Ralph Longo discovered four baby squirrels while putting out a car fire. One baby died, and the mother couldn't be found, but three of the little ones were rescued and taken in by Ladder 129. Then, at the end of his workday, Longo brought them to an animal rehabber in Manhattan, who happens to keep a blog and documented the experience.

This week Longo was reunited with the squirrels he saved (sadly, one of them died), and released them along with their adopted sister, Baby Ruth—a squirrel rescued in Stuyvesant Town. She joins the brother and sister squirrel, Alvin and Grover, in a little tree house in Longo's backyard, and the rehabber explains what will happen next, saying, "they’ll stick around their house for months, maybe years. Ralph and his family will give them food and water for a while, till they seem not to need it."

And hopefully the red-tailed hawk that was spotted nearby will leave them alone!

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By Jen Carlson in News on July 29, 2010 11:53 AM

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FelixtheCat & Christine Quinn'

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youngpro

that snake looks bloody like it's just taken a bite of that poor man. it needs to be killed. the only way to do that is like how they do in the phillipines by chopping the head off. this is the only way.

FelixtheCat & Christine Quinn'

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Real-Men-are-Kind-to-Animals/199905080358

My facebook page. :D

youngpro

that's NOT your facebook page. youre only a member of it.

FelixtheCat & Christine Quinn'

FDNY rules!!!!!!!!!!!!

FelixtheCat & Christine Quinn'

Those firemen are so awesome. Real Men are kind to animals. Keep making us all proud!!!!!!

ulalume

love it -- really cool of the fireman. love the fdny.

coolmikeperry

Red-tailed hawks have to eat too.

anotherview

Rats with nicer tails

fosiacat

fucking socialist bullshit, i bet this was all obamas idea. redistributin' n shit.

Dan

glad our taxes are paying for this.

just saying

Your taxes paying for what? Most wildlife rehabbers are unpaid volunteers and the very few that are actually paid receive very little compensation.

If you're that concerned about your taxes being squandered, there are untold organizations on which your attention would be better focused.