Banbury area firefighters rescue Muntjac deer

By Matt Elofson
Published 6th Dec 2020, 08:52 BST
Updated 6th Dec 2020, 08:59 BST
Firefighters from the Deddington Fire Station rescue a deer (photo from the Deddington Fire Station Facebook page)Firefighters from the Deddington Fire Station rescue a deer (photo from the Deddington Fire Station Facebook page)
Firefighters from the Deddington Fire Station rescue a deer (photo from the Deddington Fire Station Facebook page)
Firefighters from Deddington rescued a Muntjac deer that had become trapped down a disused water drainage shaft.

Crews from the Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service made the rescue Friday morning, December 4.

The deer appeared uninjured and tried to jump out enabling a firefighter to catch it.

The crew then carefully lifted it out and released it back into wild.

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