FIELD & STREAM • April 25, 2022
After receiving a tip about a whitetail deer that had a cable cinched around its waist, Maine wildlife biologists were able to work with neighborhood residents to capture the doe and successfully remove a piece of fencing wire that was squeezing the animal’s midsection. According to Sarah Boyden, a regional wildlife biologist with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, a phone call from a concerned citizen first alerted her to the deer’s predicament. Photos showed a wide ring of bare skin completely encircling the doe’s torso. No one could say how the cable had gotten around the deer in the first place. MDIFW darted at the deer with an immobilizing drug. “We quickly snipped the piece of old fencing wire from her, looked for additional injuries, and gave her a reversal drug to bring her out of sedation. Within a couple of minutes, she popped up and trotted off to rejoin her herd.”