Page 51 - Hillside 2015 20th Anniversary Newsletter

Miraculously this little deer Fox Rescue...
survived a very close
encounter with a car We were asked to take in a fox that had been
found badly injured on a road. After being put on
Deer Rescue... a drip for two days he soon rallied round and
began eating well. We are hoping that, when his
We receive many calls to go to the aid of distressed or injured wildlife. In a injuries are sufficiently healed, we will be able to
particularly dramatic deer rescue, a motorist was aware he had hit a deer after it release him back to the area where he was picked
had run out in front of him. He stopped, but because the deer was nowhere to be up. Meanwhile, he appears quite tame and seems
seen, he assumed it had run off into the bushes. He continued on until he reached to appreciate his food being served to him on a
the nearest garage so he could assess the damage to his motor. He was staggered plate rather than having to scavenge for it!
to find the deer was still in his car! It had penetrated through the radiator grill,
and was completely trapped inside the engine casing. We rushed to the scene 51
expecting to find a dead or dying deer, but, we were able to pull him out with just
a few superficial wounds. We brought him back to the Sanctuary, where he fully
recovered and is pictured, right, with Brian another rescued deer...