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Should firefighters stop 'wasting taxpayer money' by saving animals?

A British lobbying group has criticized a fire department for spending six hours on the rescue of a pet duck trapped in a pond's overflow pipe. A five-man team of Gloucestershire firefighters dug a trench to free a pet duck, Brownie, from the pipe. However, a spokeswoman for lobbying group TaxPayers' Alliance criticized the firefighters' actions. "Whilst no one likes to see a duck suffering, animal rescue is not the central job of the fire service," she said. "In this case there were no emergency calls pending, but calls can crop up at the last minute which could be much more pressing than the rescue of a duck."

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