00:00He was so large and he was really entangled. He was spinning around in circles, thrashing around.
00:05This is quite a common issue that we see. So the dodo reached out to learn how we set him
00:10free.
00:11A few of our rescuers went to the scene. A large fella with antlers, it's entangled in cricket
00:17netting, really heavily tangled thrashing about. We've got a full team together as quickly as we
00:21can to help cut this deer free. These guys, 80 kilos on average, these can do some serious damage,
00:28life-changing injuries that can cause fatalities. We approached with shield to try and mitigate
00:36any injury to ourselves or the deer. If it's too dangerous, we pull back and we repeat.
00:44We took hold of it and then put a towel over its head. As soon as we get this head
00:49free, let's get a
00:50towel over because that will calm it down. He caught these massive antlers and we had to cut them out
00:55with scissors and then he really calmed down. Just keep yourself really out of the way.
01:04They can build up speed real quick. All of us were ready to release the deer and we'll step back.
01:12Just be careful guys, he's going now. He's run up there like nothing's happened.
01:18How did you feel after seeing him run away free? Just watching it run up the hill was super
01:25heartwarming for all of us. That thing was stressed there this morning from about seven
01:29o'clock in the morning at least. Roughly about five percent of all the rescues that we have at
01:35Wildlife Aid are due to netting. Animals get tangled and discarded football or cricket netting. So it's
01:41really high risk to wildlife in the UK. If you're able to tie it up, you can possibly save the
01:46lives of
01:46deer, foxes, many other animals. Yeah, good day. Good day to be a deer. Fantastic work.
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