State Trooper Dwayne Phillips came to the rescue of a deer in need of serious help last Friday.
According to the New Jersey State Police, Phillips was dispatched to a home in Warren County where a deer was drowning in a swimming pool. The officer leaped into action, grabbed the buck by his rack and pulled him from the water to safety.
The New Jersey State Police wrote on their Facebook, “It was clear that the buck had been struggling for quite some time. Now, believe it or not, we don’t necessarily teach recruits in the academy how to rescue drowning deer, but we do teach them how to think on their feet and adapt and improvise when a peculiar situation presents itself.”
“So what did he do? Well, he grabbed the buck by its rack and pulled him from the water to safety! Now, there is always the possibility of serious injury or worse when trying to rescue a drowning victim and even more so when the victim is a wild animal. But this trooper did an outstanding job!” the Police continued.
They added saying that the buck eventually recovered and ran off, but he was so exhausted that he laid down on the ground for some time before he could regain energy to stand again. That was when the family snapped this pictured of Officer Phillips and the tired deer.
There is no shortage of deer rescues lately. Just last week an officer rescued a helpless deer stuck in fence- you can read that story here.
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