Tag: Wildlife Encounters: Page 5

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MD Officer Rescues Bald Eagle on Christmas Eve

Lt. Woods "quickly responded with his gear and gently scooped the eagle up, placed her in an eagle transport box, and took her to Owl Moon Raptor Rescue.

December 27, 2017

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TN Trooper Saves Motorist Impaled by Deer Antler

On Oct. 25, Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper Russell Bernard was dispatched to a crash involving a vehicle that had struck a deer. When he arrived on the scene, he found the driver bleeding heavily from a large wound on the left side of her neck.

November 10, 2017

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Video: FL Detective Captures 9-Foot Anaconda with Stick, Bare Hands

A Florida detective responded to an unusual call last Wednesday, but it was one that she apparently knew how to handle.

October 16, 2017

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Video: Crocodile With Police Escort Shuts Down FL Streets

A huge crocodile got a police escort early Tuesday morning as it took a stroll through the streets of Cutler Bay, FL, in Miami-Dade County.

September 27, 2017

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GA Officers Forced to Kill Tiger Roaming Neighborhood

Henry County, GA, police shot and killed a tiger roaming one of the Atlanta suburb’s neighborhoods early Wednesday morning.

September 6, 2017

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TX Campus Police Officer Dies of Complications from Feral Cat Bite

West Texas A&M University Police Department Cpl. Monty Dale Platt died Tuesday after being bitten by a feral cat two weeks ago while responding to a call on campus. He was 47.

August 10, 2017

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GA Deputy Corrals Lost “Ostrich”

Amid a day that probably didn’t involve many of them, an unusually funny call came into the Paulding County 911 Center. It involved an odd case of trespassing.

August 3, 2017

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Video: Ohio Trooper Jumps into Driverless Buggy to Stop Runaway Horse

“You have that second when it goes by you and you grab hold [of the buggy] and jump on,” Smith said Monday morning, recalling the incident. “I had to be quick.”

June 27, 2017

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Video: 'Deputy' Ducks Raised in MI Sheriff's Office Courtyard Every Year

A group of ducks have made their home inside a courtyard at the Oakland County's Sheriff's office in Pontiac, MI, and deputies have embraced them.

June 9, 2017

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Video: Maine Officer Rescues Lost Goats, Takes Them for Ride in Patrol Car

Two kids, baby goats, were picked up by the Belfast (ME) PD wandering near High Street early Sunday morning.

April 24, 2017

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Oregon Trooper Rescues Injured Eagles

A pair of injured bald eagles in Gold Beach, OR, were recently rescued by an Oregon state trooper.

March 21, 2017

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MT Officer's Widow Wants People to Remember His Service, Not Gruesome Death

News of U.S. Forest Service officer Brad Treat's death spread across the world, but the fact that he was a law enforcement officer often got lost in the headlines.

March 9, 2017