On Saturday morning, a Campbell River resident found a deer struggling with what appears to be a broken life preserver or buoy caught in its antlers.

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She contacted the BC Conservation Officer Service, but was told they were busy at the time, she said.

With her husband and a neighbour, she tried to corral the deer in the yard of her home but the animal got spooked and ran away.

Brooks said she tracked it for about 45 minutes in hopes that help would come. When the animal disappeared, she went door-to-door to inform people about the situation.

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Later that day, in a note on Facebook, local resident Sammi Burk reported seeing 香蕉视频直播渁 deer with a pylon and rope around its head香蕉视频直播� in downtown Campbell River.

She told the Black Press that she reported the sighting to the RCMP. An officer appeared on the scene, but the animal had retreated into the bushes, Burk said.

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By Wednesday, the BC Conservation Office had received five or six reports about a deer entangled in rope, mesh and pieces of foam floats, said conservation officer Steve Petrovcic.

On Sunday morning, he personally responded to a report about the animal being spotted laying down beneath a power line corridor. He went to the scene, hoping to tranquilize the animal.

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Petrovcic swept the area, but the deer was gone.

He noted that an animal that appears healthy and mobile isn香蕉视频直播檛 a top priority when officers are busy.

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Petrovcic said that he recently managed to free another deer that had become entangled in mesh in someone香蕉视频直播檚 garden north of Campbell River.

He added that officers from his division cover a region spanning from Buckley Bay to Bella Bella, with five general duty officers and a sergeant.

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david.koch@campbellrivermirror.com
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