This guy isn't afraid of the wrath of a mama goose... he faces bigger opponents in the boxing ring! We spoke with Mike about his work and the time he crawled through a sewer to rescue baby ducklings ❤️
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00:00These geese had been stuck up on a balcony for about a week or so.
00:05That whole place used to just be trees.
00:07They just nested in their regular spot.
00:09They're not meant for our human world.
00:11I knew there was water nearby, so we just got to get them over there.
00:15These guys have been out here for a minute.
00:18Alright, come this way.
00:21There we go.
00:23We're just trying to give them that little boost up.
00:25Little birdies.
00:30I've transported a couple babies like that with their parents, and they usually fly.
00:37Those were the first ones that ever walked.
00:40They didn't let me out of their sight.
00:49There we go.
00:51I'm pretty sure they said thank you, and they went on their merry way.
00:54Bye-bye, little guys.
00:56My name is Mike Scholz.
00:58I do a lot of different type of rescue work.
01:00I'm in Charlotte, North Carolina.
01:01I like to help the helpless.
01:06When a wild animal is stuck in a human-made thing, I can't help but want to help.
01:12I think you got dislocated shoulder, buddy.
01:14I know.
01:15You're going to have to come to the rescue.
01:17Sorry.
01:18I don't know what your insurance looks like.
01:20Okay, big whoop.
01:21You saved a bird's life.
01:24It doesn't matter to you, but it really matters to that bird.
01:29I recently got into boxing for my health.
01:32It got me in a lot of shape.
01:34I ended up losing 110 pounds.
01:36A lot of people, they're like, weren't you scared when that goose was coming at you?
01:41Hey.
01:42I get punched in the face by full-grown men for fun.
01:45At the end of the day, what's a 25-pound goose going to do to me?
01:48You guys here to help?
01:49All right.
01:50I know you like to hiss.
01:51Since I'm in such healthy shape, I'm actually able to go out and do different rescues.
01:55Like, when I crawl through a sewer, one, I'm a lot narrower, but was a baby and was stuck
02:01in the sewer.
02:03Hey.
02:04Yes, sir.
02:05We're here getting the ducks out of the sewer.
02:07I'm just going to jump down and crawl through.
02:13Hang on.
02:19Good.
02:21All my phobias are coming together here.
02:23Spiders, claustrophobia.
02:26What are you doing?
02:30Yeah, I don't think so.
02:32You can't grab him.
02:33I don't want to go chasing to the next one.
02:34Oh, he's back to you.
02:37Oh, yeah.
02:38Pick him up and plop him in.
02:44Carolina Waterfowl Rescue does not a bit would be possible without them.
02:48We're just trying to give them that little boost to get somewhere safe.
02:52They just got caught up in our human world, you know.
03:02You want me to come down there?
03:06I got it.
03:07I got it.
03:08You've done this before.
03:09Oh, yeah.
03:12Thank God there are people like you.
03:14When I was in that swimming pool, I'm going to tell you right now,
03:17that was the most fun I had in my entire life.
03:19I saw you looking over there and I saw I did the head count real quick.
03:24Man, I didn't know they could swim so well.
03:27Look at those things go.