Firefighter carries trapped calf to safety in Sheung Shui

A passerby raised the alarm after the animal became stranded between concrete walls in a river channel outside an ambulance station.

By newsdesk · 25 October 2026, 18:03 HKT

Reporting: Star Headline · HK01

A small calf stands safely beside a few cattle on a grassy bank next to a broad, abstract concrete river channel, rendered in layered cut-paper shapes. — AI-generated editorial illustration.Illustration: newsdesk.hk

At about 5pm on October 24, a passerby reported a calf trapped in Shek Sheung River, outside the ambulance station in Sheung Shui. The water was shallow, but concrete walls on both sides left the animal unable to climb out.

Firefighters first tried to lift the calf with a net, ropes and a capture pole, but could not get it out. One firefighter then entered the water, carried the calf to the channel wall and passed it to colleagues on the bank.

The calf was safe and ran back to the herd.