COLORADO SPRINGS – Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers took part in a rather dramatic wildlife rescue Monday night.
According to the agency, a young buck and doe wandered upon a large trench east of downtown where Colorado Springs Utilities crews were working.
The doe was able to clear the trench with a jump, but the buck landed inside and was trapped with a utility worker.
Watch as a yearling buck, tranquilized by @COParksWildlife officers and placed in a fabric stretcher, is lifted out of a large trench where it was trapped with a @CSUtilities worker in #ColoradoSprings. A dramatic #wildlife #rescue by CPW. The buck was released in a nearby park. pic.twitter.com/HV4vgM7GLf
— CPW SE Region (@CPW_SE) February 12, 2019
CPW officers darted the buck with a tranquilizer and then tied it in a fabric stretcher before utility crews hoisted it out with an excavator. Officers then reversed the drugs and released the young deer.
CPW said the deer was a little groggy but no worse for the wear. It was released in a nearby park, where it munched on some grass before running off to join its female companion.
See video of the groggy yearling buck, post #rescue, in a #ColoradoSprings park snacking on grass before running off to rejoin its doe. @COParksWildlife officers saved it from a @CSUtilities trench where it became trapped east of downtown. This young buck doesn’t dig ditches! pic.twitter.com/tkt6T8e4IG
— CPW SE Region (@CPW_SE) February 12, 2019
