Saying that a day’s work doesn’t only involve arrests and traffic stops, authorities in one southern Alberta community are releasing video of a rescue of a deer, despite the animal’s loud and agitated protests.
The animal was trapped between two fences, and police in Taber say they responded Sept. 29 at about 7:50 a.m. in the Prairie Gold area.
“Senior Constable Evanson and Constable MacDougall attended and quickly developed a plan to safely free the deer,” a police social media post states.
Video of the rescue shows the officers placing the animal’s head in a loop of a catch pole, and then covering it with a hood before the deer was lifted over the fence to free it.
The operation continued while the animal stridently protested with bleating.
“It doesn’t like that,” the one officer laughed shortly while placing the hood and the animals head was briefly forced up. The officer adding in a concerned tone, “Don’t want to choke it.”
The news release adds, “.. the officers, with assistance from the homeowner, carefully freed the deer’s back legs and gently lifted the deer over the fences. Once the hood and pole were removed, the deer bounced away to freedom!!”
Operation Stuck Deer (a name CityNews is giving the rescue) ended with the rescuers exchanging high fives.
“Our members are always prepared to assist our community, whatever the call may be,” Taber police say.