Strong Island Animal Rescue League and Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center team up to save a distressed deer that fell through the ice in Yaphank, Long Island.
A wildlife rescue group sprang into action to save a deer that fell into an icy river in Suffolk County . Video showed the Strong Island Animal Rescue League rescuing the deer as it was in distress at Yaphank's Southaven Park. Strong Island Animal Rescue League 's Frankie Floridia told Eyewitness News he and Ryan Gilmartin, of the Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center, received a call Tuesday afternoon about the 3-year-old doe falling through the ice.
'It was something that needed to be done,' said Floridia. 'It was a life or death situation and this is what we do best.' It wasn't an easy task though. Floridia says the ice was preventing them from simply paddling out to the doe. 'As we were going out, it kept getting thicker and thicker,' Gilmartin added. 'Until right around the deer, it got thin enough for us to keep pushing right through.' The deer, which seemed dead, lifted her head and kicked before Floridia and Gilmartin were able to reach out and grab her onto the boat. The men and the shivering deer were brought back to shore. 'She's doing pretty well,' said Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center's Grace DeNatale. 'She gave us a scare when she came in yesterday. It was really up in the air whether or not she was going to survive that trauma.' The deer -- named Elsa by Floridia -- is a Japanese Sika deer brought over from Asia centuries ago for hunting. It is now a protected species. She will be set free in a few days. 'Oh it's amazing,' Floridia said. 'Seeing her standing, seeing her able to live another life, it's just a great feeling.
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