Animal Control Dash Cam Video - Deer stuck in fence rescue

Just another deer stuck in a fence rescue call...

*** There is no sound to this video ***

I know some officers prefer to have the fire department come out and spread the fence using the Jaws of Life or other tools. Heck, even a car jack will spread the fence enough to get the deer through. There is one problem in doing this when a deer is trying to get into a fenced in property, eventually, it wants to get out...

Note: I like to spread the fence a little if possible, but only to make the deer easier to pull back out the same way it went in.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• animal
• control
• humane
• officer
• deer
• rescue
• dash
• cam
• dashboard
• camera

[mitchzzz4me]

First thing you do is cover the deers head with a towel. Standing over it and talking, waving your hands, etc completely freaks them out. Using your trucks tire jack separates the bars and you can easily lift the deer out. Time was of the essence here, she could of broken her hips trying to escape from the three people closing in on her. Just for future deer rescues, I had to put in my 2 cents.

[SixbyFire]

I mention using a tire jack in my video info, not only that if this deer ran into the yard, it would be trapped. As far as what is the first thing to do, the first thing we do is to assess the situation. If the deer had injuries that were severe enough, our policy is to put it down. I have rescued dozens of deer like this over the past 6+ years, it happens all the time here, and I've never had one break their hips, ever. We did cover the deer and successfully rescued it, job well done I say.

[remelsheikh]

Nice

[Traildraft]

I've had one of those calls. Nice job.

[amterrio]

goog job!

[SixbyFire]

It really varies from area to area. Some officers have to attend a police academy, others are hired off the street and are handed a pair of keys to the truck and not much else. Most are somewhere in between those two extremes. Any animal handling skills are good. We've had several people who volunteered at shelters or worked as a vet tech prior to becoming an officer, others had no real animal handling skills at all, which isn't always bad, we can teach them from scratch the way we do things.

[jonescan88]

great video

[pequeniodralam]

still have nice ppls in the world =)

[loookapa]

Reminds me of a rabbit I had stuck in a fence all the way past its elbows - much smaller problem of course - makes you wonder how the critter wiggled its way that far in.

(I did the same thing, put a cloth around its head and pushed it back the way it had come in. The rabbit was ok too.)

[lukeap]

i had the same thing happen with a deer trapped in an iron fence here. luckily a neighbor had a metal bending tool and he popped the deer right out! thanks for these realistic a.c. videos.