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Ed Atkinson said his office received reports about the animal over several months.

Callers reported the deer 害羞草研究所� a fawn or yearling 害羞草研究所� appeared to have a pipe wrapped around its front leg. Her ability to walk freely was impaired, but there was no easy or safe way for bystanders to help.

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After conversations with the ministry and conservation officers, a senior wildlife biologist and a wildlife technician agreed to visit Princeton and give it a shot.

Literally.

They put the deer to sleep with a tranquilizing projectile and then used a handheld rotary power tool to cut the PVC pipe into two pieces.

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Afterwards the animal received a shot to revive it, she walked a few meters and then bedded down to recover.

The deer must have stepped inside the pipe, when it was younger and smaller, said Atkinson. The leg grew around it and the pipe became embedded.

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That the community and professionals came together to aid this deer is a feel-good story, Atkinson added, however the way the impairment occurred is not.

He said too many animals in residential areas are injured and sometimes even die because they encounter garbage, construction materials and other dangers in alleys and backyards.

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