China's Coldest Town: Lost Sika Deer Rescued After Getting Stuck
March 9th, police officers in Huhong Town, Huxin District, Daxinganling, rescued a wild sika deer. Photo courtesy of Huhong Town Police Station.
Chinnews, Daxinganling, March 9th (Wang Ping, Jianghui) Sika deer have a cute and silly appearance, which is often called 'sika' by netizens. On the 8th and 9th, two sika deer got lost and wandered down from the mountains to forage, which were rescued and released by police officers and local residents in 'China's Coldest Town,' Hei Long Jiang Province's Daxinganling Region's Huxin District.
On the 8th, hospital worker Wan Wei heard an unusual sound in the corner of the Huhong District People's Hospital and found a sika deer trapped in a fence.
March 8th, a wild sika deer was trapped in a fence in Huhong District, Daxinganling. Photo by Wan Wei.
'This sika deer is less than one meter long, it probably wandered into residents' area while foraging, trying to cross the fence and got stuck.' Wan Wei immediately called the police, and after the help of police officers and colleagues, the sika deer was rescued and released.
Another incident occurred on the 9th, Qin Youfu, a resident of Huhong Town, Huxin District, called the police because a sika deer was chased into his yard by a dog.
Huhong Town Police Station officers arrived and found that the sika deer had bloodstains on its hind leg and immediately provided emergency medical treatment, and reported to the Daxinganling Forestry Bureau. Relevant personnel from the Forestry Bureau's Resource and Forest Protection Departments arrived on the scene and bandaged the sika deer's wound. Because the sika deer's injury was not serious, they promptly released the sika deer back into nature.
March 9th, police officers and forestry bureau staff in Huhong Town, Huxin District, Daxinganling rescued a wild sika deer. Photo courtesy of Huhong Town Police Station.
According to Wang Yong, head of the Resource and Forest Protection Department of the Daxinganling Forestry Bureau, sika deer are common wild animals in the Daxinganling Region, often living in dense forests and mountain areas. They are timid and usually stay in dense forests during the day, and appear in open grasslands and shrubs in the early morning and evening. This sika deer wandered down because of the local good natural ecology, which is very suitable for its growth and reproduction. Recently, the number of wild sika deer has increased, and with good wildlife protection work in the area, there are often wild animals entering urban areas.'
