Massachusetts Officer Rescues Fawn Entangled in Branches

An officer with the Stoughton (MA) Police Department rescued a baby deer from being entangled in some brush on Sunday.

June 4, 2019

An officer with the Stoughton (MA) Police Department rescued a baby deer from being entangled in branches of a brush on Sunday.Image courtesy of Stoughton PD / Facebook.

An officer with the Stoughton (MA) Police Department rescued a baby deer from being entangled in some brush on Sunday.

Police had received a call about the baby deer's predicament and Officer Jonathan Gagne responded, quickly freeing the animal before posing for a quick picture.

The department said in a Facebook post, "After freeing Bambi, Mom came back a short time later and off they went!"

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