Caring grandmother finds a giant fish in the road and stops at nothing to save it

Caring grandmother finds a giant fish in the road and stops at nothing to save it

By Kirsty Bosley Oliver Price

Source: Trainee Reporter

1/22/2021

A kindly grandmother massaged and stroked a giant fish in her bath after finding it dying in the road.

Deborah Rollings had taken the carp home to her tub in a bid to rescue it after she found it belly-up in the street.

The 60-year-old from Leighton Buzzard sprang into action when husband Keith, 58, called her at 5am to tell her about the ailing creature.

Keith was on his way to work on Thursday when he rang to say: "There's a fish in the street."

Deborah said: "I went out in my dressing gown and I could see his shiny white belly.

"I thought he was a goner, he was in a right old state.

"It's been dropped from a great height on the road so it's been bashed up."

Deborah said that she though maybe a heron or another large bird had dropped the fish from the sky. She dubbed the fish 'Freedom'.

"I ran the bath and put it in - and it's on its side and flipping over so I've spent an hour and a half stroking it and getting its balance and massaging it under its belly," Deborah added.

Carp, Common

Continue...

News Id		Source	Stamp	country
2001	Seal forces closure of lake after eating £3,000 worth of fish	independent	2023-01-10	UK
2002	Nearly all 200 fish rescued from hotel’s burst aquarium are now thriving	metro	2023-01-10	UK
2003	Teacher finds rare prehistoric fish washed ashore	wave3	2023-01-11	US
2004	Angler catches two fish on Lake Michigan that break Indiana state record	wane	2023-01-11	US
2005	Dad and sons try their luck at bottom of Avon River	nzherald	2023-01-12	NZ
2006	Anglian Water fined more than £500,000 after raw sewage kills 5,000 fish	standard	2023-01-13	UK
2007	Fishers cherish community that pops up yearly on frozen Manitoba lake	cbc	2023-01-15	CA
2008	Something Fishy Is Happening Inside the Ears of Delta Smelt	hakaimagazine	2023-01-12	US
2009	Massive 560-Pound Swordfish Caught Off North Carolina By 13-Year-Old Youngster	sportfishingmag	2023-01-12	US
2010	Japanese snow monkeys have learned to fish for food	earth	2023-01-13	JP
2011	‘Man against fish’: Cornwall could soon be selling the chance to catch tuna	ft	2023-01-13	CU
2012	Salmon deaths on Scotland’s fish farms double – but are jellyfish to blame?	theguardian	2023-01-15	UK
2013	Up close and personal: Dolphin POV caught on camera while hunting tasty fish	arstechnica	2023-01-01	US
2014	Diver in Santa Claus outfit collects plastic fish	hurriyetdailynews	2023-01-02	TR
2015	Engineering the World's First Underwater WiFi	interestingengineering	2020-06-12	US
2016	Власти подготовят реформу рынка лосося	rbc	2023-01-26	RU
2017	Я стал зимним рыбаком	Охотники.ру	2023-01-18	RU
2018	BSA certified angler instructor extols the virtues of ice fishing	scoutingmagazine	2023-01-03	US
2019	Record-Sized Sturgeon Caught Near Stillwater	stcroix360	2023-01-02	US
2020	Indonesian coastal community embraces sustainable fishing challenge	eco-business	2023-01-06	ID
2021	Japanese exchange student successful with sturgeon his first time ice fishing	stcroix360	2023-01-06	US
2022	Fish ear bones, otoliths, teach scientists about marine life and seafood fraud	ABC Pilbara	2023-01-07	AU
2023	What you need to know to catch fish in Maine this month	bangordailynews	2023-01-07	ME
2024	Bottom trawlers venturing close to shore 'killing it' for recreational fishers	stuff	2023-01-02	NZ
2025	Maine’s plan for saving the Arctic charr in a Somerset County lake is illogical	bangordailynews	2023-01-03	US