{"id":3627,"date":"2023-10-23T22:44:56","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T20:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=3627"},"modified":"2023-10-23T22:44:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T20:44:56","slug":"alaska-troopers-rescue-2-deer-from-the-water-4-miles-from-the-shore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=3627","title":{"rendered":"Alaska troopers rescue 2 deer from the water, 4 miles from the shore"},"content":{"rendered":"

You never know what kind of creatures you\u2019ll find out on the water, but recently a team of Alaska state troopers found some very unexpected animals miles from the shore: two deer, struggling to stay afloat.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, they saved the deers\u2019 lives in a rescue caught on remarkable video.<\/p>\n

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Last week, Alaska State Troopers were out on the Clarence Strait in Southeast Alaska, returning to Ketchikan from the Ernest Sound, when the happened upon two wild deer struggling in the water.<\/p>\n

The deer were reportedly four miles from the shore, and were fighting against the current, spokesperson Justin Freeman told Anchorage Daily News.<\/p>\n

When the troopers approached them, the deer seemed eager for help, and came straight towards their boat. \u201cBoth deer ran into the side of the boat with their heads, indicating they wanted on board,\u201d Freeman said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe deer quickly swam over to the troopers on the swim step and let the troopers remove them from the water and place them on the back deck.\u201d<\/p>\n

A video posted by Alaska State Troopers shows the remarkable moment the deer were pulled on board. A trooper says in the video that the deer were in \u201crough shape\u201d and \u201con their last legs\u201d after the rescue.<\/p>\n

One of the deer was shivering and said to be \u201cdoing pretty rough,\u201d and \u201cdidn\u2019t fight us too hard.\u201d The other deer was said to be \u201cin a little better shape.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cHopefully, they live, and we\u2019ll go put them on the shore somewhere,\u201d the trooper says.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, at the end of the video, the deer seem to be in better condition and run off into the woods together.<\/p>\n

Watch the video below:<\/p>\n

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