PRESS RELEASE from the Nelson Police Department

Nelson police and a conservation officer rescued a deer with orange snow fencing wrapped around its antlers last week

Photo source: glaciernps, Flickr, Creative Commons.

On Wednesday,Oct. 12 at approximately 8:30 a.m., Nelson police attended the 200 block of High Street with a conservation officer.

A deer with approximately two metres of orange snow fencing wrapped in and hanging from its antlers had been spotted at various locations around Nelson over the past week.

With the help of the public, the conservation officer located the animal near High Street. The conservation officer was able get himself in position and shot the deer with a tranquilizer dart.

Once the drug took effect, the deer went down to the ground and the fencing was removed by the officers. Conservation remained on scene until the deer, which appeared to be in good health, recovered from the tranquilizer.

In addition to the entanglement hampering the deer in its normal activities such as feeding, the bright orange fencing would certainly not been much help to the deer, during this, the middle of hunting season.