Police officers find themselves in surprisingly 'prickly' situation

The article doesnt say 000 was dailed. It says Police officers came across a group of people huddled around a storm drain. The officers helped by providing assistence with traffic control.

What they should have done was call a wildlife professional like a park ranger and instruct the group of people off the road. Not direct traffic around some untrained mob of wildlife warriors. If a brown snake showed up in my backyard it’s not the job of the police to attend the premise likewise their time is better spent preventing crime instead of creating publicity stunt with a cute native animal such is the case here.

Sam: second reading fail!
“Turns out the group were volunteer wildlife rescuers …” – which is the unpaid equivalent of a wildlife professional in the ACT other than a ranger. So someone probably did call the right crew to handle the situation, and the police assisted by keeping them safe. We deserve good news stories every now and then.

Thanks DJA the volunteers were from ACT Wildlife they know how to direct echidnas off the road so they are not hit by cars , Echidnas at this time of the year are on their way to do a little canoodling , it’s what they do in spring. The Police are always happy to help out thankfully and luckily we have very special members of the public who want to see Echidnas go on their canoodling way .