In a joint effort, animal rescuers Frankie Floridia and Ryan Gilmartin saved a yearling deer from near-freezing waters in Southaven County Park. Working together, they used a boat and an ore to reach the deer, battling ice and time to pull her to safety. The deer is now recovering and expected to make a full recovery.
While aboard a small boat, Frankie Floridia, president of Strong Island Animal Rescue, chipped away at the ice along the river.In a News 12 exclusive, it was a life-or-death situation for a deer stranded in frigid waters in the river at Southaven County Park in Yaphank Tuesday afternoon.
While Ryan Gilmartin, a wildlife rescuer with the Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center, used an ore to keep pushing the boat forward.“It took a lot of endurance and speed, and we knew that it was a life-or-death situation in the end and we pulled it off,” said Floridia.
ANIMAL RESCUE DEER HYPOTHERMIA WILDLIFE RESCUE EFFORT
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