{"id":251355,"date":"2025-10-30T17:28:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T17:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/251355\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T17:28:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T17:28:09","slug":"deer-rescued-in-emsworth-after-antlers-tangled-in-electric-fence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/251355\/","title":{"rendered":"Deer rescued in Emsworth after antlers tangled in electric fence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">A deer found tangled in electric fencing with a six-foot (1.8m) post dragging from its antlers has been rescued and released.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The fallow buck was discovered trapped in the fencing on Copse Lane, Emsworth on 23 October by a passer-by who called the RSPCA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Rescue officer at the charity Marie Stevens said she found the &#8220;poor buck very distressed&#8221; entangled in the wires with &#8220;the heavy pole attached which must have been putting pressure on his head.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The deer was sedated by a local vet before the tangled mass of fence was quickly cut away to release its antlers.  Ms Stevens said after a few hours recovering in shrubland &#8220;it was a joy to watch him rejoin his herd&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Ms Stevens added: &#8220;Deer are particularly susceptible to stress and in many cases they do not survive long after being trapped due to stress-induced muscle breakdown. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;Fortunately, this buck responded well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The charity has advised people who find an injured, trapped, entangled, or sick deer to call its helpline, keep a safe distance and not to try to rescue or handle them. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A deer found tangled in electric fencing with a six-foot (1.8m) post dragging from its antlers has been&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251356,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[64,63,128,338],"class_list":{"0":"post-251355","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-science","11":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}